book chapter

Marriage among the T'u-jen of Kansu (China)

Catholic Mission Press • (58) • Published In 1932 • Pages: HRAF ms: v, 207 [Original: x, 195 , plates]

By: Schram, Louis, Winchell, Jean H..

Abstract
This is a detailed ethnohistorical study of marriage among the T'ou-jen of Kansu, based on the author's ten years residence among the people. Data are included on the mode of marriage, the process of arranging marriage, the patterns of nuptial rites, interpersonal relationships between affinal relatives, the women's relationship with her family of orientation, the social mechanism to legitimize children and their mothers, and the methods of terminating marriage. The author devotes a chapter to a now outmoded theoretical concern, namely whether or not the 'matriarchate' existed among the T'u-jen in a former period. Throughout the study, Father Schram compares T'u-jen culture with that of Historical Mongolia, the Manchu, the Lolo and the Miao. Suppelmentary notes on the Tungus and Lolo are added on pp. 177-191. This comprehensive study provides the researcher with valuable resources for further research with different theoretical orientations.
Subjects
Marriage
culture
Monguor
HRAF PubDate
2005
Region
Asia
Sub Region
East Asia
Document Type
book chapter
Evaluation
Creator Type
Missionary
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Hesung C. Koh ; 1962
Field Date
1915-1920
Coverage Date
1915-1920
Coverage Place
Xining Prefecture, Qinghai Province, China
Notes
[by] Louis Schram ; translation by Jean H. Winchell
Schram did his fieldwork among the Monguor of 'P'ing-fan' subprefecture in Sining (Xining) Prefecture, of western Kansu (now Qinghai) Province. It is not clear what is the contemporary name for 'P'ing-fan.' The name may have changed to 'Ping'an.' Unsure, I have omitted the town name in the place coverage. The study is based largely on ethnographic fieldwork among the Monguor with footnotes referring to comparative material and historical sources on the Mongols, Manchus, Lo-lo P'o of Yunnan, and the Tungus (Evenki) of Siberia and Manchuria. (Notes added by Ian Skoggard; 2004)
Translation of: [Le Mariage chez les T'ou-jen du Kan-sou (Chine)]
Translated from the French for the Human Relations Area Files by Jean H. Winchell. List of Works Consulted, Alphabetical Index, and Errata are not included
LCCN
ac 32000305
LCSH
Mongour (Chinese people)