essay

Social organization in Hai-shan

anthropology of taiwanese society • Stanford, Calif. • Published In 1981 • Pages: 125-147, 453-454

By: Harrell, Stevan.

Abstract
Harrell is concerned in this essay with explaining major differences in social organization evident in three rural communities southwest of Taipei. Harrell suggests that the relevance or absence of lineage organization in each village is a function of the different adaptive responses of peasants to varying environmental conditions. The relationship of social and spatial organization in each community to ritual activities is also discussed.
Subjects
Household
Lineages
Community structure
Towns
Congregations
Organized ceremonial
culture
Taiwan Hokkien
HRAF PubDate
1995
Region
Asia
Sub Region
East Asia
Document Type
essay
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
M. A. Marcus
Field Date
1970, 1972-1973
Coverage Date
not specified
Coverage Place
Taipei hsien, Hai-shan region, including the market towns of Shu-lin, Ying-ko and San-hsia, Taiwan
Notes
Stevan Harrell
Includes bibliography
LCSH
Taiwanese