Stratification in Cultural Contexts: Cases from East and Southeast Asia

by Toshiaki Kimura (Editor)

Overview

Now available in paperback, Stratification in Cultural Contexts is a collection drawn from research results of the East Asian Division of the Center for the Study of Social Stratification and Inequality at Tohoku University. In this book, scholars who specialize in areas of East and Southeast Asia examine how the problem of stratification manifests itself in different cultural and historical contexts, discussing when and under what circumstances the problem of stratification has become more serious, and suggesting how the tension could be eased. The topics dealt with are diversified, from religion to economic concerns. The local wisdom of traditional societies is used to analyze inequality and stratification in cases such as the phenomenon of 'religious revival' following democratization in Mongolian society, the lives of 'slaves' under the Choson dynasty in Korea, and the role of warrior-class women in early-modern Japan. This volume provides a strong step on the way to further studies of stratification and inequality in cultural contexts. (Series: Stratification and Inequality - Vol. 15)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781920901363
Publisher:	Trans Pacific Press
Publication date:	10/01/2013
Series:	Stratification and Inequality Series , #15
Pages:	180
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.50(d)

Table of Contents

Figures vi

Tables vi

Photos viii

Contributors ix

Introduction Toshiaki Kimura 1

1 The Pluralization and Multitiering of Society in Taiwan: Ethnicity and Social Stratification since the 1990s Ichiro Numazaki 7

2 The Lives of Slaves from the Perspective of Family Relations: The Case of Daegu Household Registers from the End of the Seventeenth Century to the First Half of the Eighteenth Century Mutsuhiko Shima 31

3 The Roles of Samurai-Class Women and the Gender System in Early Modern Japan Rumi Matsuzaki 55

4 Stratification and Ethnicity in An Averted Feud Incident: The Case of A Village in the Pearl River Delta, Guangdong Province Yukihiro Kawaguchi 75

5 Social Differences in an Emigrant Community in Modern China: A Case Study from Fuzhou City, Fujian Province Itoe Kaneshiro 95

6 Social Change and Transformation in Toba Batak Ethnic Associations in Medan, Sumatra Toshiaki Kimura 113

7 The Dynamics of Household Rituals in Mongolia: After undergoing Religious Control under the Socialist Regime Katsuhiko Takizawa 127

Notes 144

Bibliography 153

Index 169