Stafford, Charles (2012) Misfortune and what can be done about it: a Taiwanese case study. Social Analysis, 56 (2). pp. 90-102. ISSN 0155-977X
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Abstract
Drawing primarily on ethnographic material from Taiwan, this article focuses on misfortune and, more especially, on the ques- tion of whether people are felt to deserve what happens to them-be it bad or good. I examine the cases of several people who have suffered misfortune in life, exploring ways in which they might actively try to make good things happen as a way of convincing others, and indeed themselves, that they are, after all, good. In considering these cases, I discuss three intersecting accounts of fate that are widely held by ordi- nary people in Taiwan and China: a cosmological one, a spirit-oriented one, and a social one.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://journals.berghahnbooks.com/sa/index.php |
| Additional Information: | © 2012 Berghahn Journals |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography |
| Sets: | Departments > Anthropology Research centres and groups > Asia Research Centre |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Sep 2012 13:33 |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/46387/ |
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