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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Moeran, Brian, 1944- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Berghahn Books, [2021]
Subjects:	Filipinos > Social life and customs > 21st century. Filipinos > Social conditions > 21st century. Philippines > Social life and customs > 21st century. Philippines > Social conditions > 21st century. Luzon (Philippines) > Rural conditions.

Table of Contents:

Beginnings
People
The Barangay
Buying a Car
Kinship and Names
Tying the Knot
Family
For Richer, For Poorer
Chaos and Laughter
Language Use
New Year's Eve
Mobile Phones and Social Media
Irrigation
Rice and Classification
Going for a Walk
A Pillow Tree
Actually
Spirits
Birthday Parties
No Money, No Hangover
Wiping and Weeping
Circumcision
Blackness
Japan
The Author of Life
Oh, George!
OFWs
Of Cocks and Men
Religious Side Bets
The Foreigner at Large
She Love You, She Crazy
Valentine's Day
Crispin, Caesar and Cecilio
Drugs
Cementeries
Security Guards
Elections
Beliefs
A Shotgun Wedding
Feria.