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Xi-Chi as Root Metaphor in Taiwanese Weddings


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dc.contributor.advisorAlley, Kelly
dc.contributor.advisorStarr, Paulen_US
dc.contributor.advisorBailey, Conneren_US
dc.contributor.authorHong, Shihyien_US
dc.date.accessioned2008-09-09T21:17:01Z
dc.date.available2008-09-09T21:17:01Z
dc.date.issued2006-05-15en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10415/366
dc.description.abstractAnthropologists have always been interested in implications of each societal unit in different cultures. However, they are also aware of drastic changes in these units in many cultures due to migration, technologies, gay and lesbian movement, and feminism. The primary purpose of this research is to explore how Taiwanese immigrants are maintaining their native cosmology that is central to the basis of family values: marriage. From the analysis of particular terminology, xi-chi, the paper discusses the word is crucial in strengthening the ties not only between husband and wife, but also the two families that are joined trough marriage. Moreover, the study will exhibit ways in which immigrants maintain their family values through native tongue in the United States.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.subjectSociologyen_US
dc.titleXi-Chi as Root Metaphor in Taiwanese Weddingsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.embargo.lengthNO_RESTRICTIONen_US
dc.embargo.statusNOT_EMBARGOEDen_US

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