The cult of the dead in a Chinese village
Book 1973 • Martin, Emily

Taiwan Hokkien • Asia > East Asia
This is a study of ancestor worship and lineage organization in Ch'i-nan, a village east of the city of San-hsia, in the southwestern part of the Taipei Basin in northern Taiwan. Ahern begins by outlining general aspects of the social organization of...

The Thai Ti Kong festival
essay 1981 • Martin, Emily

Taiwan Hokkien • Asia > East Asia
This essay describes and interprets the significance of an annual pig-raising competition and festival held in honor of the god Co Su Kong by residents of San-hsia township, northern Taiwan. Ahern suggests that Taiwanese use these events to mark thei...

Domestic architecture in Taiwan
essay 1979 • Martin, Emily

Taiwan Hokkien • Asia > East Asia
This essay explores the meaning of the spread of an urban style of housing to rural areas. The essay contains descriptions of the traditional rural house style, the new urban house style, and geomancy and the orientation of buildings. Ahern concludes...

Chinese-style and Western-style doctors in northern Taiwan
essay 1975 • Martin, Emily

Taiwan Hokkien • Asia > East Asia
This essay examines the differences between Chinese-style and Western-style doctors, particularly differences in the doctor-patient relationship. It appears that there is at least one context in which women and older people find Chinese-style doctors...

Sacred and secular medicine in a Taiwan village
essay 1975 • Martin, Emily

Taiwan Hokkien • Asia > East Asia
This essay deals with '…some of the basic concepts that play a part in Chinese villagers' understanding of bodily health or sickness' (p. 91). Based on data collected in the village of Ch'i-nan, Ahern presents ideas about hot and cold, yin and yang i...

Segmentation in Chinese lineages
article 1976 • Martin, Emily M.

Taiwan Hokkien • Asia > East Asia
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 fro...