Ethnography in the Raw

Life in a Luzon Village
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-80073-074-8
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, 298 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 585 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Moeran, Brian

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Sozialethnologie: Familie, Gender, Soziale Gruppen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Agrarsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Ethnographie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Familiensoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures

Acknowledgements

Notes on Text

Prologue

Chapter 1. Beginnings

Chapter 2. People

Chapter 3. The Barangay

Chapter 4. Buying a Car

Chapter 5. Kinship and Names

Chapter 6. Tying the Knot

Chapter 7. Family

Chapter 8. For Richer, For Poorer

Chapter 9. Chaos and Laughter

Chapter 10. Language Use

Chapter 11. New Year's Eve

Chapter 12. Mobile Phones and Social Media

Chapter 13. Irrigation

Chapter 14. Rice and Classification

Chapter 15. Going for a Walk

Chapter 16. A Pillow Tree

Chapter 17. Actually

Chapter 18. Spirits

Chapter 19. Birthday Parties

Chapter 20. No Money, No Hangover

Chapter 21. Wiping and Weeping

Chapter 22. Circumcision

Chapter 23. Blackness

Chapter 24. Japan

Chapter 25. The Author of Life

Chapter 26. Oh, George!

Chapter 27. OFWs

Chapter 28. Of Cocks and Men

Chapter 29. Religious Side Bets

Chapter 30. The Foreigner at Large

Chapter 31. She Love You, She Crazy

Chapter 32. Valentine’s Day

Chapter 33. Crispin, Caesar, and Cecilio

Chapter 34. Drugs

Chapter 35. Cementeries

Chapter 36. Security Guards

Chapter 37. Elections

Chapter 38. Beliefs

Chapter 39. A Shotgun Wedding

Chapter 40. Feria

Epilogue

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Moeran, Brian
Brian Moeran is a seasoned anthropologist who has been professor at various universities in England, Denmark, and Hong Kong. His other books include Okubo Diary: Portrait of a Japanese Valley (Routledge, 2010).

Brian Moeran is a seasoned anthropologist who has been professor at various universities in England, Denmark, and Hong Kong. His other books include Okubo Diary: Portrait of a Japanese Valley (Routledge, 2010).