Publication

1997-04-01 - Ateneo de Manila University Press

Language

English

Word Count

79,000 words, Guess

Page Count

316 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number95947064
  • Goodreads1598818
  • LibraryThing1136981

Classifications

  • LCCDS665 .S33 1994
  • DDC306/.09599/09031

Description

This book presents a sixteenth-century Philippine ethnography based on contemporaneous sources. It does not attempt to reconstruct that society by consideration of present Philippine societies, or of features believed to be common to all Austronesian peoples. Nor does it seek similarities with neighboring cultures in Southeast Asia, though the raw data presented should be of use to scholars who might wish to do so. Rather it seeks to answer the question: What did the Spaniards actually say about the Filipino people when they first met them? It is hoped that the answer to that question will permit Filipino readers today to pay a vicarious visit to the land of their ancestors four centuries ago. Part 1 describes Visayan culture in eight chapters on physical appearance, food and farming, trades and commerce, religion, literature and entertainment, natural science, social organization, and warfare. Part 2 surveys the rest of the archipelago from south to north.

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  • BarangayPaperbackAteneo de Manila University Press1997-04-01

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