Belief and unbelief in a Taiwan village
Book 1983 • Harrell, Stevan

Taiwan Hokkien • Asia > East Asia
The purpose of this work is to examine belief and unbelief in the folk religion of Lei-ci-be (Ploughshare) village. Harrell discusses the history and social organization of the village, the pr...

When a ghost becomes a god
essay 1974 • Harrell, Stevan

Taiwan Hokkien • Asia > East Asia
This essay presents a discussion of the nature and characteristics of the two basic categories of Taiwanese supernatural beings, SIN (gods) and KUI (ghosts). Taiwanese forms of worship of thes...

Social organization in Hai-shan
essay 1981 • Harrell, Stevan

Taiwan Hokkien • Asia > East Asia
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 absen...

The ancestors at home
essay 1976 • Harrell, Stevan

Taiwan Hokkien • Asia > East Asia
This essay describes the management of ancestor cults in a village where lineages and substantial inheritable wealth are absent....

Growing old in rural Taiwan
essay 1981 • Harrell, Stevan

Taiwan Hokkien • Asia > East Asia
This essay describes the status and activities of the aged in rural Taiwan. Harrell discusses the differences between male and female experiences in aging....

The concept of soul in Chinese folk religion
article 1979 • Harrell, Stevan

Taiwan Hokkien • Asia > East Asia
Harrell examines what a soul is and what part the soul plays in the conception of what a human being is. The essay contains information on the number of souls and the soul as part of the perso...

Ploughshare village
Book 1982 • Harrell, Stevan

Taiwan Hokkien • Asia > East Asia
This is an ethnography of the village of Ploughshare (Li-she-wei), a community of coal miners, located in the southwestern Taibei Basin of Taiwan Island in the area known as Haishan. Primary e...