Knowledge and Passion

Name: Knowledge and Passion
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ISBN: 9780521295628

ISBN-10: 0521295629

ISBN-13: 9780521295628

Edition: 1980

Authors: Michelle Zimbalist Rosaldo

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Michelle Rosaldo presents an ethnographic interpretation of the life of the Ilongots, a group of some 3,500 hunters and horticulturists in Northern Luzon, Philippines. Her study focuces on headhunting, a practice that remained active among the Ilongots until at least 1972. Indigenous notions of 'knowledge' and 'passion' are crucial to the Ilongots' perceptions of their own social practices of headhunting, oratory, marriage, and the organization of subsistence labour. In explaining the significance of these key ideas, Professor Rosaldo examines what she considers to be the most important dimensions of Ilongot social relationships: the contrasts between men and women and between accomplished…

Book details

List price: $50.99
Copyright year: 1980
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 3/31/1980
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.21" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



The Ilongots


Aspects of fieldwork


Theoretical considerations



Knowledge, passion, and the heart


The heart


The dynamics of emotion


Of songs and tapes



Knowledge, identity, and order in an egalitarian world


Disruptions and the unknowing child


Following adults


Language, skills, and commands


Youthful peers


Knowledge, identity, and order


Conclusion: 'Knowledge,' Burur, and his aunt



Horticulture, hunting, and the 'height' of men's hearts


Horticulture


Hunting


'Preparations' for work


The 'height' of men's hearts


Conclusion



Headhunting: a tale of 'fathers,' 'brothers,' and 'sons'


'Fathers' and desiring 'sons'


Lives cycling: liget and age


Lovers and peers


Conclusion: 'Amet and 'anger'



Negotiating anger: oratory and the knowledge of adults


Local cooperation


What is oratory?


'Knowledge,' 'passion,' and regulation through exchange


Exchanging liget and creating social ties


Conclusion: Liget and the knowledge of adult men



Conclusion: Self and social life


In summary


Of comparison and context


Final remarks



Ilongot phonology



Glossary


Notes


Bibliography


Index