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082 0 4 _a299/.51
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aMoskowitz, Marc L.
_eautore
245 1 4 _aThe Haunting Fetus :
_bAbortion, Sexuality, and the Spirit World in Taiwan /
_cMarc L. Moskowitz.
264 1 _aHonolulu :
_bUniversity of Hawaii Press,
_c[2001]
264 4 _c©2001
300 _a1 online resource (216 p.)
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tPreface --
_t1. Introduction --
_t2. Beyond the Percentages: Abortion and Meaning in Taiwan --
_t3. Made in Japan? The First Stages of the Adoption and Adaptation of a Japanese Religious Practice in Taiwan --
_t4. Fetus Ghosts and Traditional Beliefs in Taiwan --
_t5. The Haunting Fetus --
_t6. Written and Visual Media --
_t7. Religious Masters and Their Temples --
_t8. Illness, Healing, and the Limitations of Fetus-Ghost Appeasement --
_t9. Sexuality and the Haunting Fetus --
_t10. Blood-Drinking Fetus Demons: Greed, Loathing, and Vengeance through Sorcery in Taiwan --
_t11. Conclusion: Fetus Spirits and the Commodification of Sin --
_tAppendix. Dragon Lake Temple's Red Contract --
_tNotes --
_tGlossary --
_tBibliography --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aThe Haunting Fetus focuses on the belief in modern Taiwan that an aborted fetus can return to haunt its family. Although the topic has been researched in Japan and commented on in the Taiwanese press, it has not been studied systematically in relation to Taiwan in either English or Chinese. This fascinating study looks at a range of topics pertaining to the belief in haunting fetuses, including abortion, sexuality, the changing nature of familial power structures, the economy, and traditional and modern views of the spirit world in Taiwan and in traditional Chinese thought. It addresses the mental, moral, and psychological aspects of abortion within the context of modernization processes and how these ramify through historical epistemologies and folk traditions. The author illustrates how images of fetus-ghosts are often used to manipulate women, either through fear or guilt, into paying exorbitant sums of money for appeasement. He argues at the same time, however, that although appeasement can be expensive, it provides important psychological comfort to women who have had abortions as well as a much-needed means to project personal and familial feelings of transgression onto a safely displaced object. In addition to bringing to the surface underlying tensions within a family, appeasing fetus-ghosts, like other dealings with supernatural beings in Chinese religions, allows for atonement through economic avenues. The paradox in which fetus-ghost appeasement simultaneously exploits and assists evinces the true complexity of the issue--and of religious and gender studies as a whole.
530 _aIssued also in print.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)
650 0 _aAnatomy.
650 0 _aAnthropology.
650 0 _aBuddhism.
650 0 _aCulture.
650 0 _aEmotions.
650 0 _aEthnology.
650 0 _aFetus
_xReligious aspects.
650 0 _aFetus.
650 0 _aGuilt.
650 0 _aHuman behavior.
650 0 _aHumanities.
650 0 _aPregnant women.
650 0 _aReligion.
650 0 _aSocial psychology.
650 0 _aSocial sciences.
650 0 _aSociology.
650 0 _aWomen.
650 7 _aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General.
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856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9780824864774
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