Pigs and Persons in the Philippines

This book examines how pigs are entangled in the constitution of relations between humans and between humans and spirits among the Ifugao of Northern Luzon in the Philippines. The book applies concepts like relational personhood, assemblages, and performativity to argue that persons emerge from relational practices of exchange and sacrifice. It also argues that pigs are constitutively involved in these practices.

Jon Henrik Ziegler Remme is post-doctoral research fellow at the Department of Social Anthropology at University of Oslo. Remme has published articles on a number of themes including animism, ontology, causality, and interreligious burial rituals.

Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Pigs Make Kin Chapter 3: Pigs and Human-Ba'i Relations Chapter 4: Pigs and Social Differentiation Chapter 5: Unmaking a Person Chapter 6: Conclusion