Pigs and Persons in the Philippines - Human-Animal Entanglements in Ifugao Rituals

"This book examines how pigs are entangled in the constitution of relations between humans and between humans and spirits among the Ifugao of Northern Luzon in the Philippines. The book applies concepts like relational personhood, assemblages, and performativity to argue that persons emerge from relational practices of exchange and sacrifice. It also argues that pigs are constitutively involved in these practices"--

List of contents

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Pigs Make Kin
Chapter 3: Pigs and Human-Ba'i Relations
Chapter 4: Pigs and Social Differentiation
Chapter 5: Unmaking a Person
Chapter 6: Conclusion

About the author

Jon Henrik Ziegler Remme is post-doctoral research fellow at the Department of Social Anthropology at University of Oslo. Remme has published articles on a number of themes including animism, ontology, causality, and interreligious burial rituals.

Product details

• Authors: Jon Henrik Remme, Jon Henrik Ziegler Remme, Remme Jon Henrik Ziegler
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.05.2014
• EAN: 9780739190418
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-9041-8
• No. of pages: 166
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology, Philippines, Tribal religions, Indigenous, ethnic and folk religions and spiritual beliefs, RELIGION / Folk & Tribal