Power and intimacy in the Christian Philippines /
Cannell, Fenella.
Power and intimacy in the Christian Philippines / by Fenella Cannell. - Quezon City : Ateneo De Manila University Press, c1999. - 322 p. 23 cm.
Published in cooperation with Cambridge University Press.
Presents an account of Philippine spirit-mediumship. Catholicism, transvestite beauty contests, and marriage in Bicol, calling for reassessment of our understanding of Southeast Asian modernity. Combines a strong theoretical interest in the anthropology of religion with a broader comparative attention to recent developments in Southeast Asian studies. Finalist, 1999 National Book Award, for Social Sciences. Copublished with Cambridge University Press (BIP-ADMUP).
971-550-317-9
Culture.
Ethnology
Philippines
Philippines
Religion and sociology.
GN 671 / .C164 1999
Power and intimacy in the Christian Philippines / by Fenella Cannell. - Quezon City : Ateneo De Manila University Press, c1999. - 322 p. 23 cm.
Published in cooperation with Cambridge University Press.
Presents an account of Philippine spirit-mediumship. Catholicism, transvestite beauty contests, and marriage in Bicol, calling for reassessment of our understanding of Southeast Asian modernity. Combines a strong theoretical interest in the anthropology of religion with a broader comparative attention to recent developments in Southeast Asian studies. Finalist, 1999 National Book Award, for Social Sciences. Copublished with Cambridge University Press (BIP-ADMUP).
971-550-317-9
Culture.
Ethnology
Philippines
Philippines
Religion and sociology.
GN 671 / .C164 1999
