Cargando…

Ancestors /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Newell, William H. (William Hare), 1922-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter Mouton, 2011.
Colección:World anthropology.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • General Editor's Preface
  • Preface
  • An Introductory Commentary
  • Good and Bad Ancestors
  • SECTION ONE
  • Who Are the "Ancestors" in Japan? A 1963 Census of Memorial Tablets
  • A Structural Analysis of Japanese Ancestral Rites and Beliefs
  • Optional Cult Group Affiliation Among the Puyuma and the Miyako Islanders
  • A Note on Ancestor Worship in "Cognatic" Societies
  • "Family Religion" in Japan: Ie and Its Religious Faith
  • Recent Trends in Studies of Ancestor Worship in Japan
  • Ancestor Worship in Japan: Facts and History
  • Ancestors and Nobility in Ancient Japan
  • Dōzoku and Ancestor Worship in Japan
  • The Malevolent Ancestor: Ancestral Influence in a Japanese Religious Sect
  • Ancestral Influence on the Suffering of Descendants in a Japanese Cult
  • A Note on the Enshrinement of Ancestral Tablets at Zamami Island, Okinawa
  • Ancestor Memorialism: A Comparison of Jews and Japanese
  • SECTION TWO
  • Characteristic Features of Ewe Ancestor Worship
  • Ancestorcide! Are African Ancestors Dead?
  • Youth as Elders and Infants as Ancestors: The Complementarity of Alternate Generations, Both Living and Dead, in Tiriki, Kenya, and Irigwe, Nigeria
  • SECTION THREE
  • Ancestors, Geomancy, and Mediums in Taiwan
  • Prophylactic Medicine and Kin Units Among Yao Ancestor Worshipers
  • Chinese Geomancy and Ancestor Worship: A Further Discussion
  • Aspects of Ancestor Worship in Northern Taiwan
  • Ancestors Proper and Peripheral
  • The Ancestors at Home: Domestic Worship in a Land-Poor Taiwanese Village
  • Biographical Notes
  • Index of Names
  • Index of Subjects.