The encompassing kinship system of the Austronesian-speaking Amis of Taiwan : continuity and change

Yeh, Shu-Ling

doi:10.25911/5d5fce790a7f8

2008

DOI: 10.25911/5d5fce790a7f8

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The encompassing kinship system of the Austronesian-speaking Amis of Taiwan : continuity and change

Shu-Ling Yeh¹

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Migration and homemaking practices among the Amis of Taiwan

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2017

Mobilities of Return: Pacific Perspectives

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The research observes how Amis migrants reconstruct their homelands as the source of feelings of stability and identity under pressure from the wider politico-economic and sociocultural context of Taiwan. Amis homemaking practices in their homelands play important roles in migrants' self-understanding, for practices anchored in the place of origin provide a sense of security to move in the world. The maintenance and reproduction of this place of origin, and ongoing exchanges within extended family and village networks, also express the Amis's consciousness of their increasing links with the wider world. This study begins by considering the 'native' place of migrants, focusing on how the Amis people construct and imagine their home community through translocal processes. These observations provide initial insights into how social networks and cultural practices in the native place mediate changes arising from national development and the capitalist economic system. It discusses how migrants maintain and make visible their ongoing commitment to homelands through material displays of wealth, in houses, cars, pig feasts, etc. By contrast, people who remain in the villages use the collective context of prayer and church to communicate with the migrant members. MoBILITIEs of RETURN 190

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Migration and homemaking practices among the Amis of Taiwan

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