Generation of a new space: a maiden temple in the Chinese religious culture of Taiwan
This paper addresses a significant gender issue in the Chinese religious culture of Taiwan. The exclusion of deceased maidens from family and ancestral lineages leaves relations between the living and the dead disordered. People believe that homeless maidens become restless, polluting ghosts after d...
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Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
2007
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Culture and religion
Year: 2007, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 89-104 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Taiwan
/ Girl
/ Dead woman
/ Cult of the dead
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IxTheo Classification: | BM Chinese universism; Confucianism; Taoism |
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