A View From the Islands: The Samal of Tawai-Tawi (SIL International Publications in Ethnography, Vol. 15)
Interprets and molds five presuppositions of the Samal world view and certain related values through three coordinate systems presented in the culture: religions and supernatural, social, and economic.Publisher's notes:People group in the Philippines and Malaysia (Sabah) Samal (sometimes referred to as Sama) of Tawi-tawi and its islandsTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionSamal CultureOrigin and CharacteristicsLanguageReligionClass StructurePublic EducationThe Educated and the Job Market IslamIslam as a Basis of the Samal Self-ConceptFighting and WarfareThe Supernatural RealmImpartial Retribution (Kisas)Supernatural Retribution (Busung)Fate in Relation to RetributionGhostsAnimismEsoteric KnowledgeThe Mix of Old and New: Retribution and FateThe Mix of Old and New: SpiritsThe Mix of Old and New: RitualDivinationSummaryThe Social RealmExtrapersonal ResponsibilityThe FamilyMatrilocal ResidenceMale and Female RolesHousehold TypesShared FacilitiesThe Family as a ValueChildrenFamily LoyaltyNoncompetitivenessSummaryThe Economic RealmSelfishness and Shared WealthThe Family as the Basic Economic UnitEconomic Kinship ObligationsPublic Trust and Family LoyaltyAttitudes toward LaborFate and EconomicsConclusionsBibliography
50 pages
English edition · First published 1984 by Summer Institute of Linguistics · ISBN 9780883121689
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