Fox Generalized Lowland
Fox Generalized Lowland
Fox Generalized Lowland
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O1d Taga loo pro."zerbs cle;:l 1ir sei f orr-.h thr: conceot
of self-:.steem; The raound- from a boio is pre,ferabJ-e
to an of fensive -rr,cr'i.. (trtahanqat:y' +u.. ci ng itak sa
ma sama nq pa nLrungusap . ) (a wouncl hea l- s . .,\ f oul' worcl
dnes not- fade ar,valr-. ) (xung magalir-rg anq isang suecltl
ang mssamanq wika ' y di kumukr-rpa s . )
l,iet-iy explanatioris ai-cr found in Philippine ]iter-
ature for +-lte pi1-ipinos" "keen sense of p(.-rsonal dicrnity""
?he mcst comirlon, Ferhaos, is that 1t is:, "raciar tr.rit",
the Filipino having "in hls veins the ancier-rt pride of
the MaIay" (RusseI l9?-2z 45-61) " ai;, it is assumed
to be simple a given tr:.r it of the Fil ioinos 3 cul'Lr-rra 1
herltaq:1e. It is apparr.nt, hclr,ever, that ti-y: Filipino
ccncept of self-esteem is fundementolly social/ beinq
relaterL to the CenLripi:t;;1 anC united charactq:r of the
Filipino farnily :nd k*p:ship grou'.).
The family, as noted, provided ;n cnvironmcnt
1^)hich qives the inctividual a ]-:ioh rje:nsil of security
and "be lonclirrqj. " ?h* tlght-knit klnship system Cef :nes
preCisellr the behaviora I rc lation5hips kreti^,,een membL=rs,
.such as bctrveen porents and chriclre n or husbend and wifc.
In contrast, r:t-.]aticnships with nonkinsmen are llnc€rtain
and clel,icate ; and it is v;ith non*k:insmen that dlf f icult-
i;:s arising f rorn the Lcss oi: :.;e.1f -esttsern ocCult. Hospital-
i ty, t-he cour: te or:s .-" imos t euphernistic spr:ech cha racter-
is'cj-cs of Fllipinos (sea::chinq for;;nd cJivinq an c.xpcctecj
anaj\^ieIl avoiding a negative r,asI,Orrse), ancl the uSe of
go-beti,veens on eii ,:xploratcry I c-rztl of in1-eract_icn,
such as in m;:r::iage arrangc.' nrs, are all bes1- under-
stcocl as ml.chanlsms fo:: bridqinql the sociai rlistance
b':Lween non-kinsmin, Ti:relr .gervrtr as sccial deviccs for
::':rlucing possible: friction ind for prtv,.nting the foss
rf se 1f -.-:steern betwe en rron-ki nsmen.
Althottgh r^rorCls arL f ouncl in phi l,t'ipine lanqua qes
f,l:: "honc.r:", ",Jienity", and ";Jride", the term hfyp in
l:oa log (hu.ra in Hiligaynorr) , is the most pr:eva lent
:nli in the' Lrroarile st- s,e n;e -is be:;t cef ined as "-qi,-1f -cstr,.em. "
Thi::1s one of the mosr iiirpcift.,ri-r-l- concepL*q in thc
s:cia1 i:s1,:hoLoqy ,::f the filiprno because in it crre
i runr-1 I rnost a l_ I cf thc .: speci-'s cf the Fi 1 ipi no vcr lue
r-.
anc rnot j-vat-lon " f\n an,l iys1.s of hiya amonq !h.. Taoa loq
pro',ides en unclcrst.-rniiing generalj-y of self-esteem
=mchn Filipinos. (1955) Suppc::t clata is f oi;i:ri in a ri:ce nt
-=*ru.1)r bY Sibi ey of hr.iya amone the !ii,l iq;rynon
i.."isrern ldegrcs Island l.Jhich in es,:r:ntials is practicall_y
*::e ntical to hiira as for:rri'l arriong the Tagal og.
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r-aj-Ied j-n matchmakinq *nC_ v.Ja s recogr: j-zec1 by .:'ve lty chi 1cl
-:r the villaqe as ,rf&1_her " clire to the eloqr:ent AnC success-
i,-il speeched lvhicl: l:i: mace.. in rnarriaqe art:angernent.s.
l.'3j:i.iovcr, er.ren befcre,,go- h:r: ti,.J€-,ens " a re employed irr
*::. riaqe arrdnclr:ment:s, the at.t.itur,1es of the
:ir1 ancl their p..irent:; aril feit out ,SC that boy end-
-thrnI.ii) rn'oUlC
:---: no blr:nt rc:fLrs.., I of thc marriage arrd ij iossr
r::t3€IIl
of sr:if-
On SOmeCneIoS pAf t.
Icieal 1r:i,.:rprtrsoria_l ::,*l.ar,'i-cns antonq t,nc oeopl_e
- -- .-iaili'rJa (,: harr, io Lti Ilciii:) ,:rc j-l_ir:st::a"i:.c:l b\i ,h,,,
- -i lcv,,inq statrlr,clL.: t:io woi:rJ is utte r:+c, nr:t an *ct: ,Corrt],
-:-:,: c i.a lly if :t conc,::'l ns B fcl-l-ol..l ?rilnari bi:inrJ, iv_i-15_
': *f Lirou,.lht; of ho.iv
ot.ii"-..r:; wi.li br. ef jli:c.t,.,,d bv-'it,
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: lhi'.- a,tiu jVoCrit- j,or.l , ',?hi.t_,. i i s, ,' :r,._i ,,rlfrh..,,,isi-.lc i:<llritccl
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--:ai1iz Fi 1ipinr:, bci;iq .n EtL,:rrlpLr ..:ac:riincr l-u f.{3cai-.:i,r
: .l ( i954 :26) , ',rr,lr- to ,:rnbar;l ,:..,_, or Lo ,jj.s:pi.rose cthe.r.
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l i:*i,, s_:t.,,..em) , f ack of sporl_.sirl.rrrsh ip f s of tc.r: {li-1(.: tc
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iic{'.lte.ci. ?hirr-c is e 1:,,, ltcj--ni_.y arriOnCj },,i1_rf..1 r-r,:S
rc suj-l< ani-l offr:r .li.l iorIs cl a-r:c:i"irf,r:.s fo.r *
d.r:fe*t. .rnd t,c ._.qJ.r-JSi,ic:: i-t tr rii.::i-ionor ;i.i.iii a
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