Lineage Organization in Southeastern China

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Preface v
• Contents ix
• 1 - Village and Lineage in Fukien and Kwangtung 1
• 2 - The Economic Basis of Village Life 9
• 3 - Family and Household 19
• 4 - The Hierarchy of Agnatic Units 33
• 5 - Mourning Grades 41
• 6 - The Segmentary System 46
• 7 - Social Differentiation Within the Lineage 51
• 8 - The Distribution of Power Within the Lineage 63
• 9 - Political Power and Economic Control 73
• 10 - Ritual Differentiation 77
• 12 - Voluntary Associations 92
• 13 - Relations Between and Across Lineages 96
• 14 - The Lineage Vis-ὰ-Vis the State 114

• Title Page iii
• Preface v
• Contents ix
• 1 - Village and Lineage in Fukien and Kwangtung 1
• 2 - The Economic Basis of Village Life 9
• 3 - Family and Household 19
• 4 - The Hierarchy of Agnatic Units 33
• 5 - Mourning Grades 41
• 6 - The Segmentary System 46
• 7 - Social Differentiation Within the Lineage 51
• 8 - The Distribution of Power Within the Lineage 63
• 9 - Political Power and Economic Control 73
• 10 - Ritual Differentiation 77
• 12 - Voluntary Associations 92
• 13 - Relations Between and Across Lineages 96
• 14 - The Lineage Vis-ὰ-Vis the State 114
• 15 - Discussion 126
• List of Works Cited 141
• Index 147
• London School of Economics Monographs on Social Anthropology 152
• Chapter 11 - Ancestor Worship and Lineage Structure 81