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Power and intimacy in the Christian Philippines / by Fenella Cannell.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Quezon City : Ateneo De Manila University Press, c1999.Description: 322 p. 23 cmISBN:
  • 971-550-317-9
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GN 671  .C164 1999
Summary: 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).
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Filipiniana Filipiniana Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center Filipiniana GN 671 .C164 1999 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3AEA0000295629
Filipiniana Filipiniana Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center Filipiniana GN 671 .C164 1999 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3AEA0000293527
Filipiniana Filipiniana Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center Filipiniana GN 671 .C164 1999 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3AEA0000262584

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).

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