Culture Shock!

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Pub. Date: 1992-02-01
Publisher(s): Graphic Arts Center Pub Co
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Summary

Whether you travel for business, pleasure, or a combination of the two, the ever-popular "Culture Shock!" series belongs in your backpack or briefcase. Get the nuts-and-bolts information you need to survive and thrive wherever you go. "Culture Shock!" country guides are easy-to-read, accurate, and entertaining crash courses in local customs and etiquette. "Culture Shock!" practical guides offer the inside information you need whether you're a student, a parent, a globetrotter, or a working traveler. "Culture Shock!" at your Door guides equip you for daily life in some of the world's most cosmopolitan cities. And "Culture Shock!" Success Secrets guides offer relevant, practical information with the real-life insights and cultural know-how that can make the difference between business success and failure. Each "Culture Shock!" title is written by someone who's lived and worked in the country, and each book is packed with practical, accurate, and enjoyable information to help you find your way and feel at home.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. 7
Introductionp. 8
Understanding Filipinosp. 11
A few scenariosp. 11
Visitingp. 14
Body languagep. 15
Dating etiquettep. 23
Mind Your Languagep. 25
The Filipino English accentp. 26
Language reflects culturep. 27
Filipino Englishp. 29
The cultural factorp. 29
Speak softlyp. 30
Filipino 'Yes'p. 31
Filipino Valuesp. 33
The shame of it allp. 33
A sense of self: amor-propiop. 35
The importance of a go-betweenp. 37
Euphemism: the indirect wayp. 38
Beating around the bushp. 39
The art of togetherness: pakikisamap. 40
Debt cycle: utang na loobp. 41
Utang na loob in historyp. 42
Kinship group: Barangayp. 43
The kinship group in actionp. 45
What has kinship structure to do with me?p. 46
Working both sides of the familyp. 47
Compadrazco: God parenthoodp. 48
Ritual brothers are compadresp. 48
Baptism: foreigners' guidep. 49
Baptism etiquettep. 51
Filipino weddingp. 52
Wedding sponsorp. 53
Wedding feastp. 54
Wedding etiquettep. 56
Fiesta: Kinship Group Conventionp. 61
Facets of the fiestap. 62
Brief guide to fiestasp. 65
What fiestas are all aboutp. 80
A Survival Kitp. 84
Cultural fatiguep. 86
Guide to social situationsp. 91
Living in the Philippinesp. 96
House huntingp. 99
Househelpp. 107
Private and public spacep. 119
Doing Business in the Philippinesp. 121
The nationalist factorp. 121
Minding your businessp. 123
The business of telling timep. 125
The personalized business stylep. 126
Dealing with the bureaucracyp. 127
Tips on graftp. 128
Don't get personally involvedp. 129
What makes Filipino businessmen runp. 129
Government and businessp. 130
Business etiquettep. 131
History, Culture, Characterp. 133
The Stone Agep. 134
The Metal Agep. 134
A Filipino myth on the origin of manp. 135
Age of trade and contactsp. 136
Chinese legacyp. 137
Advent of Islamp. 138
The Spanish periodp. 141
The Santo Ninop. 142
The Virgin's statuep. 143
Christian legacyp. 144
The fine artsp. 145
Roots of Hispanizationp. 148
Friars and Filipinazationp. 149
The Filipino emergesp. 150
Philippine Independent churchp. 151
Looking behind those Spanish namesp. 152
Start of urban lifep. 153
Barrio lifep. 154
An astonishing contrast: city livingp. 154
Bridging rural and urban livingp. 156
Rural folk made Western things Filipinop. 157
The Hispanic connection makes the differencep. 158
Jose Rizal: Filipino modelp. 158
Armed strugglep. 161
The American periodp. 163
World War II: Japanese influencep. 164
Postwar Republican governmentp. 165
The Filipino: product of historyp. 168
The Life Circlep. 169
Shaping the child from the wombp. 170
One of a crowdp. 171
The American child in contrastp. 172
Filipino teasing as controlp. 172
Circumcisionp. 173
Female adolescencep. 174
Growing up in the Philippinesp. 174
Debut etiquettep. 175
Getting married to a Filipinap. 176
Married lifep. 179
House-blessing ritualp. 179
The blessing of childrenp. 180
No success without kin group acceptancep. 180
Growing oldp. 181
The Filipino way to gop. 181
Mourningp. 182
Funeral etiquettep. 183
Remembering departed kinp. 184
Days for the Deadp. 184
All Saints Day etiquettep. 184
Profile of a Filipinop. 186
Filipino womenp. 186
Filipino menp. 197
Guide to Peculiarly Filipino Waysp. 205
Cultural Ouizp. 218
Do's and Don'ts Appendixp. 232
Glossaryp. 234
Calendar of Festivals and Holidaysp. 242
Resource Guidep. 247
Bibliographyp. 254
Labour and Businessp. 256
The Authorsp. 262
Indexp. 264
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