essay
Marriage and adoption in northern Taiwan
Social organization and the applications of anthropology • Ithaca, N.y. • Published In 1974 • Pages: 128-160
By: Wolf, Arthur P..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This essay describes and discusses the various forms of marriage in northern Taiwan. The most salient differences among forms are in: whether or not spouse aquisition entails adoption; post-marital residence pattern; social placement of children; and identity of ancestors/lineage affiliation.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Basis of marriage
- Mode of marriage
- Secondary marriages
- Residence
- Polygamy
- Adoption
- Kin relationships
- Lineages
- Cult of the dead
- Social placement
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Taiwan Hokkien
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2019
- 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
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- J.A. Simpson ; 1983
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1957-1970
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1900-1920
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Northern Taiwan - probably Taipei Hsien
- NotesAdditional notes
- Arthur P. Wolf
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-160)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 74004721
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Marriage--Taiwan/Adoption--Taiwan