Power and Intimacy in the Christian Philippines
(Sprache: Englisch)
An anthropological study of everyday life in the lowland Philippines.
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An anthropological study of everyday life in the lowland Philippines.
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List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Note on language and names; Introduction: mountains and plains; Part I. Marriage: 1. Marriage stories: speaking of reluctance and control; 2. Kinship and the ritualisation of marriage; Part II. Healing and the Spirits: 3. Introduction: healing and the 'people who have nothing'; 4. Spirit mediums and spirit-companions; 5. Spirit mediums and seance forms: changing relations to the spirit world; 6. Coda: the birthday-parties of the spirits; Part III. Saints and the Dead: 7. The living and the dead; 8. The funeral of the 'dead Christ'; 9. Kinship, reciprocity and devotions to the saints; Part IV. Beauty Contests: 10. Beauty and the idea of 'America'; 11. Conclusion: oppression, pity and transformation; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Fenella Cannell
- 344 Seiten, Maße: 15,2 x 22,9 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Herausgegeben: Edmund Leach, Meyer Fortes
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- ISBN-10: 0521646227
- ISBN-13: 9780521646222
- Erscheinungsdatum: 15.05.2007
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Englisch
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'This ethnography by Fenella Cannell is a well-written, well-presented, finely crafted piece of work.' The Journal of Asian Studies 'Cannell's book is a most welcome contribution.' Anthropos '... a meticulous, intricate and thought-provoking ethnographic study ...' Aseasuk News
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