Title: Growing up in a Philippine barrio /
Authors: Jocano, F. Landa.
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston,
Year: 1969
Subjects: Panay Island (Philippines) Social conditions Case studies.
Contents: Foreward -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The setting -- The barrio -- The people -- Material culture -- Economic subsistence -- Religion -- 2. The child in Malitbog society -- Adult's view of the child -- Birth control -- 3. Pregnancy and birth -- Causes of pregnancy -- Conception -- Prenatal care -- Childbirth - Preparation - Delivery - post-delivery treatment -- 4. From infancy to weaning -- Infancy -- Infant-feeding practices -- Stages of growth among infants -- Feeding practices in later months -- Weaning -- 5. Childhood and formal education -- Palawas (early childhood) -- Nakaluad (late childhood) -- Formal education -- 6. Puberty and adolescence -- Supang (puberty) -- Circumcision -- Menstruation taboos -- Hamtung (adolescence) -- The Daraga -- The ulitawo -- Social participation -- 7. Courtship and marriage -- Courtship pattern -- Marriage -- Marriage arrangements -- Pabagti -- The Padolong -- Panghagad -- Palista -- Kasal -- Pasaka ka umagad -- 8. Family and household -- The family -- The household -- Household routine -- 9. Circle of close relatives -- Near and distant relatives -- Range and depth of personal kindred -- Function of the personal kindred -- 10. Wider circle of kin -- General characteristics -- Terminological structure -- Kinship and socialization -- 11. Social order and value orientation -- Relational imperatives -- Neighborhood -- Huya -- Reciprocity -- Other forms of local ethics -- Teleological imperatives -- 12. The supernatural world -- Structure of the universe -- Contacts with the supernatural -- Sensory -- Olfactory phenomenon -- Auditory phenomenon -- Tactile phenomenon -- Visual experiences -- Childhood training parallels -- 13. Death and burial -- Concept of death -- Burial practices -- 14. Summing up: tradition and the learning process -- Glossary -- References and recommended reading.