Ancestors / / ed. by William H. Newell.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Social Sciences - <1990
• MitwirkendeR: FIAWOO, D. K.,; FORTES, MEYER,; HARRELL, C. STEVAN,; KERNER, KAREN,; LEBRA, TAKIE SUGIYAMA,; LI, YIH-YUAN,; MABUCHI, TOICHI,; MAEDA, TAKASHI,; MATSUZONO, MAKIO,; MILES, DOUGLAS,; MILLER, RICHARD J.,; NEWELL, WILLIAM H.,; OOMS, HERMAN,; SANGREE, WALTER H.,; SAVISHINSKY, JOEL,; SEAMAN, G.,; SMITH, ROBERT J.,; TAKEDA, C.,; TAKEDA, CHOSHU,; UCHENDU, VICTOR C.,; WANG, SUNG-HSING,; WIMBERLEY, HOWARD,; WOLF, ARTHUR P.,; YONEMURA, SHOJI,
• HerausgeberIn: Newell, William H.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2011]; ©1979
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: Reprint 2011
• Language: English
• Series: World Anthropology : An Interdisciplinary Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (403 p.) :; Num. figs. and tabs. 15 plates
• Other title: I-IV --; 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110805314; 9783110637922
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110805314
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by William H. Newell.