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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.

Ethnography in the Raw

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    A Paperback by Brian Moeran

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      Publisher Berghahn Books
      Published 1 January 2024
      ISBN-13 9781805393061
      978-1805393061
      ISBN-10 1805393065
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      Rural communities / rural life

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      Book Synopsis

      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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