Book
Temple organization in a Chinese village
University Microfilms • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1983 • Pages:
By: Seaman, Gary.
Abstract
This dissertation explores the connection between religious ideology and political activity by focussing on the development of a 'spirit writing cult' in a central Taiwanese village called Pearl Mountain. Seaman argues that the cult provides the motivation for villagers to undertake certain sorts of activities which its ideology defines as meritorious but which also have definite political functions. The time period covered is from the end of the Japanese occupation in 1945 until the conclusion of the author's field research in 1973.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1995
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- East Asia
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- M. A. Marcus
- Field Date
- 1970-1973
- Coverage Date
- ca. 1945-1973
- Coverage Place
- Pearl Mountain village in Puli, Taiwan
- Notes
- Gary Worth Seaman
- UM 74-26,314
- Includes bibliography
- Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cornell University, 1974
- LCSH
- Taiwanese