Ginhawa, kapalaran, dalamhati : essays on well-being, opportunity/destiny, and anguish /
Ginhawa, kapalaran, dalamhati : essays on well-being, opportunity/destiny, and anguish /
Consuelo J. Paz, editor.
- Quezon City : University of the Philippines Press, c2008.
- xiii, 192 p. : ill. 23 cm.
English and Tagalog.
This anthology of essays by a multidisciplinal group of authors contributes to the discourse on human emotions and efforts to understand human emotions in a cultural and social setting. It reveals perceptions of the concepts, ginhawa 'well being', kapalaran 'destiny', and dalamhati 'anguish' of Filipinos belonging to marginalized and often ignored ethnolinguistic groups and those whose perceptions are often blurred by westernized lifestyles and an education that has buried indegenous thought. It is a contribution to the kowledge of the Filipino based on the views of Filipinos themselves. An enriching interaction of viewpoints, it also includes cross cultural perceptions of the themes from neighboring cultures outside the Philippines. Since the essays are the result of the authors' field research, they provide authentic data that could clarify theoretical discourse. Presented in the language they were written in, the essays are in Fili
9789715425568
Ethnology--Philippines.
Well-being--Philippines.
GN 671.P6 / .G433 2008
English and Tagalog.
This anthology of essays by a multidisciplinal group of authors contributes to the discourse on human emotions and efforts to understand human emotions in a cultural and social setting. It reveals perceptions of the concepts, ginhawa 'well being', kapalaran 'destiny', and dalamhati 'anguish' of Filipinos belonging to marginalized and often ignored ethnolinguistic groups and those whose perceptions are often blurred by westernized lifestyles and an education that has buried indegenous thought. It is a contribution to the kowledge of the Filipino based on the views of Filipinos themselves. An enriching interaction of viewpoints, it also includes cross cultural perceptions of the themes from neighboring cultures outside the Philippines. Since the essays are the result of the authors' field research, they provide authentic data that could clarify theoretical discourse. Presented in the language they were written in, the essays are in Fili
9789715425568
Ethnology--Philippines.
Well-being--Philippines.
GN 671.P6 / .G433 2008
