Book

Kinship & community in two Chinese villages

Stanford University Press • Stanford, Calif. • Published In 1972 • Pages:

By: Pasternak, Burton.

Abstract
This book explores the difference in lineage and community structure between Hakka and Hokkien villages (Tatieh and Chungshe, respectively). Pasternak describes agriculture, kinship, village integration, and sources of variation in both villages. According to the author, there are both integrative and fissive tendencies in all Chinese villages and which tendency predominates depends on both mutable and immutable circumstances (p. 159).
Subjects
Comparative evidence
Tillage
Household
Extended families
Lineages
Localized kin groups
Community structure
Taxation and public income
Organized ceremonial
culture
Taiwan Hokkien
HRAF PubDate
1995
Region
Asia
Sub Region
East Asia
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Ethnologist-5
Analyst
Marlene Martin
Field Date
1968-1969
Coverage Date
not specified
Coverage Place
Chungshe village (Hokkien), in Liuchia township, Tainan county ; Tatieh village (Hakka), Hsinpi township, Pingtung township (hsien), Taiwan
Notes
Burton Pasternak
Includes bibliography
LCCN
72078870
LCSH
Taiwanese