A Chinese Beggars' Den: Poverty and Mobility in an Underclass CommunityUniversity of Pittsburgh Press, 1988 - 245 Seiten In this fascinating study of a community of Chinese beggars, David Schak offers evidence that challenges widely held theories on poverty. It is a path-breaking, systematic anthropological study that challenges long-held beliefs about poverty, and is one of the few works on beggars available. Over a period of seven years, Schak's fieldwork uncovers a structure of leadership, organizational methods, and alms-getting tactics. Moreover, certain members became upwardly mobile and able to leave this lifestyle. The severe stigma of gambling, adultery, and failure to marry proved the stimulus for a younger generation to leave begging behind. |
Inhalt
CHAPTER ONE Introduction | 3 |
Lionghiat | 10 |
CHAPTER TWO Institutional Aspects | 17 |
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A Chinese Beggars' Den: Poverty and Mobility in an Underclass Community David C. Schak Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 1988 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
A-chun A-ieng A-iu A-kim A-pui-a A-sek-a A-tan A-tho activities adopted adult Ai-ai alms appear Be-bin beggar chief Beggar community Beggar group beggar implements behavior Chai-thau charity Chieng-cui child China Chinese Cieng-a cohabitation culture of poverty daugh daughter E-a-cai earn economic factory father females festival fictive fictive kinship frequently funeral gambling gambling dens give Gong-a Hiong-a Hokciu Hokciulang Hokkien households income individuals informants Kaohsiung khit-ciaq kinship Kua:-chui Lau-liong Liong-hiat beggars Liong-hiat community Liu Hsü living mahjong mainland China males marriage married mate mobility Moreover mother neighbors O-niau Pai-kha-e parents Peking persons police poor poverty premodern prostitute relationships rotating credit association sexual shopkeepers Sia-pue simply social someone squatter stigma subdistrict head sworn brother tactics Taipei Taiwan Taiwan dollars Taoism teahouse tiau-lo-ce Tiek Tiek-kou tion Tua-kho-e unions Wang wanted wife woman women workers young younger