Culture Shock!
by Roces, Alfredo; Roces, Grace-
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Summary
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. 7 |
| Introduction | p. 8 |
| Understanding Filipinos | p. 11 |
| A few scenarios | p. 11 |
| Visiting | p. 14 |
| Body language | p. 15 |
| Dating etiquette | p. 23 |
| Mind Your Language | p. 25 |
| The Filipino English accent | p. 26 |
| Language reflects culture | p. 27 |
| Filipino English | p. 29 |
| The cultural factor | p. 29 |
| Speak softly | p. 30 |
| Filipino 'Yes' | p. 31 |
| Filipino Values | p. 33 |
| The shame of it all | p. 33 |
| A sense of self: amor-propio | p. 35 |
| The importance of a go-between | p. 37 |
| Euphemism: the indirect way | p. 38 |
| Beating around the bush | p. 39 |
| The art of togetherness: pakikisama | p. 40 |
| Debt cycle: utang na loob | p. 41 |
| Utang na loob in history | p. 42 |
| Kinship group: Barangay | p. 43 |
| The kinship group in action | p. 45 |
| What has kinship structure to do with me? | p. 46 |
| Working both sides of the family | p. 47 |
| Compadrazco: God parenthood | p. 48 |
| Ritual brothers are compadres | p. 48 |
| Baptism: foreigners' guide | p. 49 |
| Baptism etiquette | p. 51 |
| Filipino wedding | p. 52 |
| Wedding sponsor | p. 53 |
| Wedding feast | p. 54 |
| Wedding etiquette | p. 56 |
| Fiesta: Kinship Group Convention | p. 61 |
| Facets of the fiesta | p. 62 |
| Brief guide to fiestas | p. 65 |
| What fiestas are all about | p. 80 |
| A Survival Kit | p. 84 |
| Cultural fatigue | p. 86 |
| Guide to social situations | p. 91 |
| Living in the Philippines | p. 96 |
| House hunting | p. 99 |
| Househelp | p. 107 |
| Private and public space | p. 119 |
| Doing Business in the Philippines | p. 121 |
| The nationalist factor | p. 121 |
| Minding your business | p. 123 |
| The business of telling time | p. 125 |
| The personalized business style | p. 126 |
| Dealing with the bureaucracy | p. 127 |
| Tips on graft | p. 128 |
| Don't get personally involved | p. 129 |
| What makes Filipino businessmen run | p. 129 |
| Government and business | p. 130 |
| Business etiquette | p. 131 |
| History, Culture, Character | p. 133 |
| The Stone Age | p. 134 |
| The Metal Age | p. 134 |
| A Filipino myth on the origin of man | p. 135 |
| Age of trade and contacts | p. 136 |
| Chinese legacy | p. 137 |
| Advent of Islam | p. 138 |
| The Spanish period | p. 141 |
| The Santo Nino | p. 142 |
| The Virgin's statue | p. 143 |
| Christian legacy | p. 144 |
| The fine arts | p. 145 |
| Roots of Hispanization | p. 148 |
| Friars and Filipinazation | p. 149 |
| The Filipino emerges | p. 150 |
| Philippine Independent church | p. 151 |
| Looking behind those Spanish names | p. 152 |
| Start of urban life | p. 153 |
| Barrio life | p. 154 |
| An astonishing contrast: city living | p. 154 |
| Bridging rural and urban living | p. 156 |
| Rural folk made Western things Filipino | p. 157 |
| The Hispanic connection makes the difference | p. 158 |
| Jose Rizal: Filipino model | p. 158 |
| Armed struggle | p. 161 |
| The American period | p. 163 |
| World War II: Japanese influence | p. 164 |
| Postwar Republican government | p. 165 |
| The Filipino: product of history | p. 168 |
| The Life Circle | p. 169 |
| Shaping the child from the womb | p. 170 |
| One of a crowd | p. 171 |
| The American child in contrast | p. 172 |
| Filipino teasing as control | p. 172 |
| Circumcision | p. 173 |
| Female adolescence | p. 174 |
| Growing up in the Philippines | p. 174 |
| Debut etiquette | p. 175 |
| Getting married to a Filipina | p. 176 |
| Married life | p. 179 |
| House-blessing ritual | p. 179 |
| The blessing of children | p. 180 |
| No success without kin group acceptance | p. 180 |
| Growing old | p. 181 |
| The Filipino way to go | p. 181 |
| Mourning | p. 182 |
| Funeral etiquette | p. 183 |
| Remembering departed kin | p. 184 |
| Days for the Dead | p. 184 |
| All Saints Day etiquette | p. 184 |
| Profile of a Filipino | p. 186 |
| Filipino women | p. 186 |
| Filipino men | p. 197 |
| Guide to Peculiarly Filipino Ways | p. 205 |
| Cultural Ouiz | p. 218 |
| Do's and Don'ts Appendix | p. 232 |
| Glossary | p. 234 |
| Calendar of Festivals and Holidays | p. 242 |
| Resource Guide | p. 247 |
| Bibliography | p. 254 |
| Labour and Business | p. 256 |
| The Authors | p. 262 |
| Index | p. 264 |
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