Cutting Cosmos

Masculinity and Spectacular Events among the Bugkalot
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-78533-770-3
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 6, 182 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 426 g

Reihe: Ethnography, Theory, Experiment

For the first time in over 30 years, a new ethnographic study emerges on the Bugkalot tribe, more widely known as the Ilongot of the northern Philippines. Exploring the notion of masculinity among the Bugkalot, Cutting Cosmos is not only an experimental, anthropological study of the paradoxes around which Bugkalot society revolves, but also a reflection on anthropological theory and writing. Focusing on the transgressive acts through which masculinity is performed, this book explores the idea of the cosmic cut, the ritual act that enables the Bugkalot man to momentarily hold still the chaotic flows of his world.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mikkelsen, Henrik Hvenegaard

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Sozialethnologie: Familie, Gender, Soziale Gruppen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1. Of Mist and Men

Chapter 2. Impartial Man

Chapter 3. Chaosmology

Chapter 4. Ngayó

Chapter 5. Power without Chief

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Mikkelsen, Henrik Hvenegaard
Henrik Hvenegaard Mikkelsen holds a PhD from the University of Aarhus, Denmark. He has carried out fieldworks in Denmark, Canada (Montreal) and the Philippines, focusing in particular on aging, sexuality, loneliness, violence and politics. He is currently a postdoc at the University of Copenhagen.