Normal and Abnormal Behavior in Chinese Culture
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CULTURE, ILLNESS, AND HEALING Studies in Comparative Cross-Cultural Research
Editor-in-Chief" ARTHUR KLEINMAN University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, U.SA.
Editorial Board: LEON EISENBERG Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. NUR YALMAN Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.SA. MORRIS CARSTAIRS Postgraduate Institute ofMedical Education and Resetlrch, Chandigarh, India
VOLUME 2
NORMAL AND ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR IN CHINESE CULTURE Edited by
ARTHUR KLEINMAN University of Washington, Seattle
and TSUNG·YI LIN University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Springer-Science+Business Media, B.V.
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data (Rev.) Main entry under title:
CP
Normal and abnormal behavior in Chinese culture. (Culture, illness, and healing ; v. 2) Includes bibliographies and index. 1. Psychology, Pathological—China. 2. Personality and culture—China. 3. National characteristics, Chinese. I. Kleinman, Arthur. I I . Lin, Tsung-yi. I I I . Series. [DNLM: 1. Cross-cultural comparison. 2. Anthropology, Cultural—China. 3. Anthropology, Cultural—Taiwan. 4. Mental disorders. 5. Socioeconomic factors. WM31 K64n] RC451.C6N67 616.89'07'0951 80-19489
ISBN 978-90-481-8359-3 DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-4986-2
ISBN 978-94-017-4986-2 (eBook)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PREFACE ARTHUR KLEINMAN and TSUNG-YI LIN / Introduction
xiii
SECTION I: HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL BACKGROUND OF BELIEFS AND NORMS GOVERNING BEHAVIOR INTRODUCTION TO SECTION I
3
1. THOMAS A. METZGER / Selfhood and Authority in Neo-Confucian Political Culture
7
2. ANDREW C. K. HSIEH and JONATHAN D. SPENCE / Suicide and the Family in Pre-modern Chinese Society
29
3. STEVAN HARRELL/Normaland Deviant Drinking in Rural Taiwan
49
4. GARY SEAMAN / In the Presence of Authority: Hierarchical Roles in Chinese Spirit Medium Cults
61
5. MARTHA LI CHIU / Insanity in Imperial China: A Legal Case Study
75
6. KEH-MING LIN / Traditional Chinese Medical Beliefs and Their Relevance for Mental Illness and Psychiatry
95
SECTION II: CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND CHILDHOOD PSYCHOPATHOLOGY INTRODUCTION TO SECTION II
115
7. RICHARD W. WILSON / Conformity and Deviance Regarding Moral Rules in Chinese Society: A Socialization Perspective
117
8. DAVID YAU-FAI HO / Childhood Psychopathology: A Dialogue with Special Reference to Chinese and American Cultures
137
9. WEI-TSUEN SOONG and KO-PING SOONG / Sex Difference in School Adjustment in Taiwan
157
SECTION III: FAMILY STUDIES INTRODUCTION TO SECTION III
169
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10. JAMES
