| Marriage and Mandatory Abortion Among the 17th-Century Siraya Contributor(s): Shepherd, John Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 0913167711 ISBN-13: 9780913167717 Publisher: American Anthropological Association OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1995 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Demography |
| Dewey: 304.667 |
| LCCN: 95015069 |
| Series: American Ethnological Society Monograph |
| Physical Information: 0.25" H x 6" W x 9" (0.36 lbs) 104 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "This is an excellent piece of historical ethnography."Masaharu Asian Ethnology "a well- researched and elegantly written slim volume" Boomgaard Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde "Fortunately, this important monograph has been reissued and is now readily available to those interested." Jacobs, The China Journal A detailed ethnographic description of the Siraya, the Austronesian inhabitants of pre-Dutch southwestern Taiwan, and the practice of mandated abortion for all young wives. By placing Siraya customs of marriage, pregnancy taboos, and massage abortion in historical and cultural context, this monograph provides new solutions to the puzzle of Siraya mandatory abortion. |
