Book
Marriage and adoption in a Hokkien village
University Microfilms • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1969 • Pages:
By: Wolf, Arthur P..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This work examines the alternatives that the social structure of Hsiachichou, a small Hokkien community in north Taiwan, offers in the way of choosing marriage and adoption forms. This structural study is based upon the genealogies of 843 persons, covering the time period from 1870-1960. The dissertaion presents detailed information on marriage and adoption practices, emphasizing the integration of these institutions with the rest of the culture system. From information derived from other sources, it is possible that the community of Hsiachichou may be somewhat aberrant when compared to other Taiwanese Hokkien communities.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Marriage
- Adoption
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Taiwan Hokkien
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1995
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- East Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- EvaluationIn this alphanumeric code, the first part designates the type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on. The second part is a ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- Ethnologist-5
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Dubravka Schmalzbauer ; Helen Gunsher Bornstein
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1958-1961
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1870-1960
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Hsiachichou, Taiwan
- NotesAdditional notes
- Arthur Paul Wolf
- Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cornell University, 1964
- UM 65-4171
- Includes bibliography
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Taiwanese