Aborigines of Taiwan: The Puyuma: From Headhunting to the Modern World

ISBN-13: 9780415314138 / Hardback / 2004 / 304 str.

France) Cauquelin Josiane (CNRS

Opis

The first comprehensive study of the Puyuma people of Taiwan, this book is based on extensive field research over a period of twenty years.

Recenzje

'This volume makes an important contribution to the growing literature on the aborigines of Taiwan.' - China Information

Spis treści

Preface  Introduction  1. The Puyuma  2. The Village  3. Gods and Men  4. Birth and Death  5. Family Horizons  6. Dual Organisation and Age-System  7. Shamans  8. Material Civilisation  9. The Aborigines in Taiwan Today  Appendix  References  Index

O autorze

Josiane Cauquelin is a Researcher at the Southeast Asia and Austronesian World Deparment, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France. She is Chargé de Cours at INALCO and Collaboratrice on a Franco-Chinese project on the Zhuang people of China. Her published works include books and articles on the Aborigines of Taiwan and the Buyi and Zhuang of South China.