1st Edition
Aborigines of Taiwan The Puyuma: From Headhunting to the Modern World
By Josiane Cauquelin
Copyright 2004
296 Pages
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Routledge
304 Pages
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Routledge
304 Pages
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Routledge
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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... Read more
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
Biography
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.
'The ethnology of the Puyuma presents numerous topics of interest, not only to the researchers, but also to the curious readers. The participant observation by the author gives a particular depth and the richness of the present synthesis.' - China Information
