| An Intimate Journey: Finding Myself Amongst the Sama-Bajau Contributor(s): Aoyama, Waka (Author) |
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ISBN: 1920901442 ISBN-13: 9781920901448 Publisher: Trans Pacific Press OUR PRICE: $75.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - Southeast Asia |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.1" W x 8.7" (2.30 lbs) 428 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This work offers a comprehensive description of the lives of the Sama-Bajau people based on ongoing ethnographic research conducted by the author in Davao City, the Philippines, for over two decades. The Sama-Bajau have suffered stigmatization in Philippine society, even though the true picture of their lives, both as a community and as individuals, has been largely unknown to the outside world. This book objectively portrays various aspects of the lives of six Sama-Bajau families, including economics, politics, and religion, and at the same time reveals their inner worlds to the reader through the abundant inclusion of first-person narratives. Each chapter takes the form of a letter addressed to "absent others"--the dead and the unborn in the study field--as a story retold by the author to be passed down to future generations. The author hopes that this book will be read by not only those interested in Southeast Asia or the Sama-Bajau, but also those concerned with the question of the relationship between economics and ethics or care, as well as the question of the future direction of humanity and society. |