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
