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

ISBN-13: 9780415600033 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 278 str.

Josiane Cauquelin;¬Abar;¬Abar

Opis

In Taiwan, the Puyuma people are the least known of the aboriginal groups. The study looks at the historical changes in the status and definition of these people in relation to the central state, the criteria by which people determine their own ethnic identity and the evolution of that identity.

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.