Jocano, F. Landa

Growing up in a Philippine barrio / F. Landa Jocano - New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., c1971 - 121 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references.

The Setting -- The Child in Malitbog society -- Pregnancy and birth -- From Infancy to weaning -- Childhood and formal education -- Puberty and adolescence -- Courtship and marriage -- Family and household -- Circle of close relatives -- Wider circle of kin -- Social order and value orientation -- The Supernatural world -- Death and burial -- Summing up : tradition and the learning process

It discusses how knowledge, attitude and behavior of people are acquired in a certain culture, thus knowing their roles in society. Also, most of the sections touch on the importance of the different levels of communication in order to cope with community life/barrio life.

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PANAY ISLANDS -- SOCIAL CONDITIOND -- CASE STUDIES

HN 720.P3 .J63 1971