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The Cult of the Dead in a Chinese VillageEmily M. Ahern

Taoism and Chinese Religion

The Cult of the Dead in a Chinese Village

by Emily M. Ahern

An ethnography of ancestor worship in a Taiwanese village, examining domestic altars, lineage halls, funerals and graves. Ahern shows how relations with the dead mirror property, inheritance and kinship among the living.

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