UID:
edocfu_9959232910802883
Umfang:
1 online resource (304 p.)
ISBN:
1-134-49423-8
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1-134-49424-6
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0-203-34727-7
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1-280-03613-3
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0-203-49859-3
Inhalt:
Based on extensive field research over a period of twenty years, this is the first comprehensive study of the Puyuma people of Taiwan. The Puyuma belong to the Austronesian peoples, which today number less than 370,000. In Taiwan, they are the least known of the aboriginal groups, numbering only 6000, and inhabiting the Southeastern province of Taitung. 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 through history. The i
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of maps; List of figures; List of plates; List of tables; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The Puyuma; The village; Gods and men; Birth and death; Family horizons; Dual organisation and age-system; Shamans; Material civilisation; The aborigines in Taiwan today; Myth of the origin of the people of Katipul; Legend of the division of the land; Legends told by the Amis: Kiwit's war against the Puyuma; Story told by Valikai, a Katipul; Legend narrated by Taylor; Patintin song; Chronology of the investitures; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-415-60003-0
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-415-31413-5
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.4324/9780203498590
