When turtles come home : a memoir on life in the Philippines /
Statement of responsibility: Victoria Hoffarthby
Hoffarth, Victoria [author]
; Central Book Supply, Inc [publisher.].
Type: 
BookDescription: xxv, 251 pages, 6 unnumbered pages, 24 pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm.ISBN: 9786210208238.Other title: Memoir on life in the Philippines.Subject(s): Hoffarth, Victoria | Identity (Philosophical concept) | Philippines -- Civilization"When Victoria Hoffarth was at graduate school in the U.S., her lecturer, the anthropologist Margaret Mead, once told her class, "There are so many varied places in the world. it is incumbent upon us to search for one where we most fit." Thus, despite having been born and brought up in the Philippines, Victoria never felt at home there. And so, she became a cultural refugee, searching for where she most fitted. This is the story of finding yourself and learning to look beyond what you now to find home — even if that is where you first began." - Back coverLanguage/Translation Info: In English
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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Books, Monographs
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Filipinas Heritage Library In Process (Physical Processing) | DS 664 H64 2019 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | 5 | 18829 |
"When Victoria Hoffarth was at graduate school in the U.S., her lecturer, the anthropologist Margaret Mead, once told her class, "There are so many varied places in the world. it is incumbent upon us to search for one where we most fit." Thus, despite having been born and brought up in the Philippines, Victoria never felt at home there. And so, she became a cultural refugee, searching for where she most fitted. This is the story of finding yourself and learning to look beyond what you now to find home — even if that is where you first began." - Back cover
Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-257).
Content: Preface -- Introduction -- Part 1 Personal setting -- The child is father of the man -- Fly away home: expatriation and repatriation -- Part 2 Philippine cultural values and norms -- Power and patronage: Philippine collectivism -- Philippine business and politics -- Part 3 Choices and identity -- Who am I? Nationality, gender, and identity -- Where is heaven? A spiritual quest -- Happiness is not just a feeling -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary of Tagalog and Ilonggo terms -- Bibliography
In English.
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