Title Power and intimacy in the Christian Philippines / Fenella Cannell

Published New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999 New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998 ©1999

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Description xxvi, 312 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Series Cambridge studies in social and cultural anthropology ; 109 Cambridge studies in social and cultural anthropology ; 109 Contents 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 Analysis Philippines - Religious life and customs Philippines - Social life and customs Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-306) and index Notes Cambridge studies in social and cultural anthropology no:109 SUBJECT Philippines http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79058386 -- Religious life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00007603 Philippines -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116573 LC no. 98024883 ISBN 0521641470 (hardcover) 0521646227 (paperback) 9780521641470 (hardcover) 9780521646222 (paperback)

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