Ethnography in the raw : life in a Luzon village /
Ethnography in the Raw describes the author's encounters with the Philippine family into which he has married, his wife's friends and acquaintances, and their lives in a remote rural village in the rice basin of Luzon, about 130 miles northeast of Manila. The book links detailed descriptio...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
[2021]
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| Summary: | Ethnography in the Raw describes the author's encounters with the Philippine family into which he has married, his wife's friends and acquaintances, and their lives in a remote rural village in the rice basin of Luzon, about 130 miles northeast of Manila. The book links detailed descriptions of his Philippine family with cultural practices such as circumcision, marriage and cockfights combined with theoretical musings on the concepts of sacrifice, social exchange, patron-client relations, food and religious symbolism. It is both anthropological fieldwork 'in the raw,' and an incisive analysis of contemporary Philippine society and culture. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 283 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-274) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781800730748 1800730748 |