article
Adopt a daughter-in-law, marry a sister: a chinese solution to the problem of the incest taboo
American anthropologist • 70 • Published In 1968 • Pages: 864-874
By: Wolf, Arthur P..
Abstract
In this source, the author explores the preference of Taiwanese for 'minor marriage', by which son's wives are brought up as adopted daughters. Since the girl's latter status reduces the possibility for tension to develop between herself and her future mother-in-law/mother, the benefits of minor marriage for domestic harmony outweigh its disadvantages as the culturally 'despised' form of marriage.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2019
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- East Asia
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- M.A. Marcus; David Sherwood ; 1983
- Field Date
- 1958-1960
- Coverage Date
- not specified
- Coverage Place
- Village of Hsiachichou (Ch'i-chou) in southwestern part of Taipei Hsien, Hai-shan region
- Notes
- Arthur P. Wolf
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 874)
- LCCN
- 17015424
- LCSH
- Marriage--Taiwan/Family--Taiwan