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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783640403321

Autore

Cauquelin Josiane

Titolo

The aborigines of Taiwan : the Puyuma : from headhunting to the modern world / / Josiane Cauquelin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2004

ISBN

1-134-49423-8

1-134-49424-6

0-203-34727-7

1-280-03613-3

0-203-49859-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Disciplina

951.2490049925

Soggetti

Puyuma (Taiwan people) - History

Puyuma (Taiwan people) - Rites and ceremonies

Puyuma (Taiwan people) - Social life and customs

Taiwan Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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