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Segmentation in Chinese lineages: a view through written genealogies
American ethnologist • 3 • Published In 1976 • Pages: 1-16
By: Martin, Emily.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Ahern discusses how written genealogies may be used to ascertain how Chinese lineage members view the growth and segmentation of their own social groups. According to Ahern, the genealogies are concerned mainly with changes in residence resulting from the formation of new setlements, and not with corporate and joint estates as elsewhere in China. Among the main points of this article is a methodological one: like oral genealogies, written ones evince a concern with issues other than kinship per se; in this instance they reveal the various ways in which kin are organized in territorial communities.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Historical and archival research
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- Lineages
- 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
- article
- 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
- M. A. Marcus; David Sherwood
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1969-1970
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Ch'i-nan (Qinan) village, Taipei hsien, Hai-shan region, Taiwan
- NotesAdditional notes
- Emily Martin Ahern
- Includes bibliography
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 74644326
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Taiwanese