By Douglas W. Hollan, Jane C. Wellenkamp
ISBN-10: 0824817710
ISBN-13: 9780824817718
"This is an enjoyably readable and customarily illuminating examine the extra intimate facet of Toraja existence and relationships.... [It is] an cutting edge method of ethnography, worthwhile in its try to take care of facets of existence which are frequently omitted in additional traditional ethnographic writing." --Journal of Asian reports
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The fact that she has only one child is an impor- CH1 Page 28 Wednesday, September 19, 2001 12:21 PM 28 Chapter 1 tant part of her identity. Because of this, she says her extrafamilial relationships are all the more important to her, and she makes a point of befriending others. If her husband played the role of our foster father, Nene’na Tandi (f) played the role of our foster mother. Although she seemed somewhat embarrassed by the attention focused on her during the interviews, she was a cooperative participant, and her interpretations and evaluations of married life provide an interesting contrast to those of her husband.
It is important to know, for example, that two people who participate in the same event and who may act in identical ways during the course of that event may experience the event in vastly different ways or attribute vastly different meanings to it. To ignore or to underreport these differences or to assume that such differences can be easily discerned from direct observation is to turn a blind eye to large and significant (if difficult to explore) areas of human life and experience and to risk overly simplified explanations of human behavior and motivation.
Indeed, he took us under his wing early in our stay, and his paternal attitude and feelings toward us were alternatingly touching and frustrating. His participation in the interviews was wholehearted and sincere. Nene’na Tandi (female), the Outspoken Nurturer Everywhere lots of people know me. . Because I only have one child, you know, so that’s why, what a pity, I befriend others. . I [feel] . . that it’s better if I know lots of children or adults, and then I’ll be happy seeing everyone, and others will be happy, too[, seeing me].
The Thread of Life: Toraja Reflections on the Life Cycle by Douglas W. Hollan, Jane C. Wellenkamp
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