「鬼母找女婿」：鬼、三片壁、與貪婪的研究
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考古人類學刊, 75, 13-36
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考古人類學刊
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75
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13-36
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2011
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2011
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This article, inspired by material culture studies, reconsiders the concept of ghost by means of a detailed analysis of a particular type of religious architecture, the ghost shrine. By studying its material composition, naming and rites, I show how ghosts are conceived of as asocial and individual beings, gathering mostly in single-sexed groups. This forms the basis for understanding the incidence of a ”ghost mother wanting a human son-in-law”. In contrast to previous research which describes human-ghost relations from the perspective of the trouble-making and threatening roles of ghosts, this story importantly shows that it is not only ghosts who take advantage of human beings. Motivated by greed, humans also cross the spatial boundary separating humans and ghosts to coerce the latter for their own selfish ends. By dramatizing the gender contrast of ghosts and humans, the story of the ghost mother epitomizes people's ridicule and condemnation of human greed.
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