TY - BOOK AU - Cannell, Fenella. TI - Power and intimacy in the Christian Philippines SN - 971-550-317-9 AV - GN 671 .C164 1999 PY - 1999/// CY - Quezon City PB - Ateneo De Manila University Press KW - Culture KW - sears KW - Ethnology KW - Philippines KW - Religion and sociology N1 - Published in cooperation with Cambridge University Press N2 - 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) ER -