具體描述
The 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.
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11. Introduction 1
12. Beyond the Percentages: Abortion and Meaning
in Taiwan 14
13. Made in Japan? The First Stages of the Adoption and
Adaptation of a Japanese Religious Practice in Taiwan 34
14. Fetus Ghosts and Traditional Beliefs in Taiwan 42
15. The Haunting Fetus 47
16. Written and Visual Media 77
17. Religious Masters and Their Temples 94
18. Illness, Healing, and the Limitations of Fetus-Ghost
Appeasement 115
19. Sexuality and the Haunting Fetus 131
10. Blood-Drinking Fetus Demons: Greed, Loathing,
and Vengeance through Sorcery in Taiwan 150
11. Conclusion: Fetus Spirits and the Commodification
of Sin 166
Appendix. Dragon Lake Temple’s Red Contract 171
Notes 175
Glossary 185
Bibliography 187
Index 199
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研究流産、墮胎及其相關的嬰靈信仰，1999年由焦大衛指導的博士論文。寫得其實挺神神叨叨又稀奇古怪的，跟他這個人差不多。
评分研究流産、墮胎及其相關的嬰靈信仰，1999年由焦大衛指導的博士論文。寫得其實挺神神叨叨又稀奇古怪的，跟他這個人差不多。
评分研究流産、墮胎及其相關的嬰靈信仰，1999年由焦大衛指導的博士論文。寫得其實挺神神叨叨又稀奇古怪的，跟他這個人差不多。
评分研究流産、墮胎及其相關的嬰靈信仰，1999年由焦大衛指導的博士論文。寫得其實挺神神叨叨又稀奇古怪的，跟他這個人差不多。
评分研究流産、墮胎及其相關的嬰靈信仰，1999年由焦大衛指導的博士論文。寫得其實挺神神叨叨又稀奇古怪的，跟他這個人差不多。
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