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050			_aPS 9992 _b.C333 2006
245		0	_aCentennial crossings : _breadings on Babaylan feminism in the Philippines / _cedited by Fe B. Mangahas & Jenny R. Llaguno
245		0	_c foreword by Leticia Ramos Shahani.
260			_aQuezon City : _bC&E Pub., _c2006
300			_a192 p. : _bill. _c22 cm.
520			_aCentennial Crossings Reading on Babaylan Feminism in the Philippines. Before feminism there was babaylanism, a form of women's collective consciousness indigenous to the Philippines. Unfortunately, little is known of the babaylan (woman priest, healer, visionary) and her place in Philippine history. This due not only to the scarcity of historical data on the Philippine prehistoric past but also to the invisibility of women in historical accounts. Women, even when they are present and active agents of history, are largely reduced to mere spectators and passive objects of events. In this collection of women's writings, babaylanism as the primal source of the Filipina's inner strength and dynamism across centuries is revisited and reviewed from the internal lens of Philippine culture and history. In a sense, therefore, Centennial crossings : Readings on Babaylan Feminism in the Philippines offers the first theoretical and practical sourcebook on babaylan feminism, a significant grounding of the feminist movement in the Philippines.
650			_aFeminism _928186
650			_aFeminist literature _943530
650			_aPhilippine literature (English) _936835
700			_aLlaguno, Jenny Romero. _942597
700			_aMangahas, Fe B. _934542
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