Power and intimacy in the Christian Philippines / Fenella Cannell. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, (c)1999.Description: xxvi, 312 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
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  • unmediated
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LOC classification:
  • DS663.C224.P694 1999
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Contents:
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.
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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.

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