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Author Cannell, Fenella, author

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 -- Religious life and customs.
Philippines -- Social life and customs.
LC no. 98024883
ISBN 0521641470 (hardcover)
0521646227 (paperback)
9780521641470 (hardcover)
9780521646222 (paperback)