{"product_id":"babaylan-sing-back-philippine-shamans-and-voice-gender-and-place-hardback-9781501760082","title":"Babaylan Sing Back; Philippine Shamans and Voice, Gender, and Place (Hardback) 9781501760082","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBabaylan Sing Back\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePhilippine Shamans and Voice, Gender, and Place\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGrace Nono (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501760082\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 November 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e252 pages, 10 b\u0026amp;w halftones, 4 maps - 4 Maps - 10 Halftones, black and white\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrace Nono offers rich theoretical and empirical material to all those interested in Philippine babaylan, ritual healing, and Southeast Asian shamanism in general.\u003c\/p\u003e (PACIFIC AFFAIRS) \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBabaylan Sing Back\u003c\/i\u003e synthesizes Nono's work over the past several decades and the result is a fascinating in-depth analysis of ritual oral traditions of \"invisible\" shamans. Her familiarity with many of the ritual specialists who appear in the book and meticulous research she has conducted over the decades provides a rich level of detail that adds to the reader's experience and understanding.\u003c\/p\u003e (Bangkok Post)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBabaylan Sing Back\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e depicts the embodied voices of Native Philippine ritual specialists popularly known as babaylan.\u003c\/b\u003e These ritual specialists are widely believed to have perished during colonial times, or to survive on the margins in the present-day. They are either persecuted as witches and purveyors of superstition, or valorized as symbols of gender equality and anticolonial resistance. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing on fieldwork in the Philippines and in the Philippine diaspora, Grace Nono's deep engagement with the song and speech of a number of living ritual specialists demonstrates Native historical agency in the 500th year anniversary of the contact between the people of the Philippine Islands and the European colonizers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Who Sings? A Baylan's Embodied Voice and its Relations\u003cbr\u003e 2. Shifting Voices and Malleable Bodies\u003cbr\u003e 3. Song Travels: Mumbaki Mobility and the Relationality of Place\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Southeast Asia Program Publications","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52607807947032,"sku":"9781501760082","price":104.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/babaylan-sing-back-philippine-shamans-and-voice-gender-and-place-hardback-9781501760082","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}