Power And Intimacy In The Christian Philippines
The lowland Philippines, in contrast to the apparently "exotic", "tribal" areas, has for many years been thought of as a strangely Westernized place, without a cultural life of its own. This innovative and important book shows that this perception is a myth, which reflects our own obsessions with defining culture and identity as something "unchanging." Through an absorbing account of arranged marriages, miraculous saint cults, spirit mediumship and gay beauty contests, the author describes...
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An anthropological study of everyday life in the lowland Philippines.
List of illustrationsAcknowledgementsGlossaryNote on language and namesIntroduction: mountains and plains11Marriage stories: speaking of reluctance and control292Kinship and the ritualisation of marriage483Introduction: healing and the 'people who have nothing'794Spirit mediums and spirit-companions885Spirit mediums and seance forms: changing relations to the spirit world1086Coda: the birthday-parties of the spirits1297The living and the dead1378The funeral of the 'dead Christ'1659Kinship, reciprocity and devotions to the saints18310Beauty and the idea of 'America'20311Conclusion: oppression, pity and transformation227Appendix255Notes259Bibliography287Index307
