Abstract
AbstractThis article seeks a deeper understanding of inheritance by examining how kinship and personhood propel, and are altered by, schooling. It foregrounds kinship's and personhood's transformative and historical dimensions with an eye to their complexity and unevenness. The post-1945 generation in the central Philippines considers schooling (edukasyon) as their inheritance from their parents, who had few or no educational credentials themselves. This view reflects edukasyon’s increased value after the war, how people both judge and emulate the old landed elite, and the ongoing salience and elaboration of hierarchical parent-child ties. Alongside this view, children are recognized as completing, redeeming, and compensating for their parents. Attainment of edukasyon is seen to require not only personal striving but also solidarity and sacrifices among siblings. Yet, edukasyon also fosters autonomy and at times severs kinship ties. Finally, as an inheritance, edukasyon both depends upon and generates inequality, with long-term intergenerational implications.
Highlights
The parents, Lolo Minong and Lola Ising, are considered exemplary by other old-timers.1 Like many of their generation, they had limited schooling and derived their livelihood from farming
While siblingship has a long and privileged status in analyses of Southeast Asian kinship, anthropologists have increasingly examined the importance of sibling ties elsewhere in the world, including in relation to schooling (e.g., Kajanus 2015; Obendiek 2013)
Among those who came of age in the post-1945 central Philippines, edukasyon is conceived as their inheritance from their parents
Summary
The parents, Lolo Minong and Lola Ising, are considered exemplary by other old-timers.1 Like many of their generation, they had limited schooling and derived their livelihood from farming. In many contexts, schooling depends on resources and support from parents, siblings, and other kin, while it can exert pressure on and transform kinship ties, where upward mobility and migration are involved (e.g., Jeffrey 2010; Smith 2006).
Sign-in/Register to view highlights & summary Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a callDisclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.
