Power and intimacy in the Christian Philippines / Fenella Cannell.
By: Cannell, Fenella
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TextSeries: Cambridge studies in social and cultural anthropology: 109.Publisher: New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999Description: xxvi, 312 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0521646227 (pbk.); 0521641470 (hardcover)Subject(s): Philippines -- Social life and customs | Philippines -- Religious life and customsDDC classification: 306/.09599 LOC classification: DS663 | .C35 1999Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-306) and index.| Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Marriage stories: speaking of reluctance and control -- Kinship and the ritualisation of marriage -- Introduction: healing and the 'people who have nothing' -- Spirit mediums and spirit-companions -- Spirit mediums and seance forms: changing relations to the spirit world -- Coda: the birthday-parties of the spirits -- The living and the dead -- The funeral of the 'dead Christ' -- Kinship, reciprocity and devotions to the saints -- Beauty and the idea of 'America' -- Conclusion: oppression pity and transformation.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-306) and index.