{"product_id":"power-and-intimacy-in-the-christian-philippines-paperback-9780521646222","title":"Power and Intimacy in the Christian Philippines (Paperback) 9780521646222","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePower and Intimacy in the Christian Philippines\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn anthropological study of everyday life in the lowland Philippines.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFenella Cannell (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521646222, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 18 March 1999\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e344 pages, 10 b\/w illus.  1 map\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.3 x 2.3 cm, 0.55 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'… a meticulous, intricate and thought-provoking ethnographic study …' Aseasuk News\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWhat kind of reciprocity exists between unequal partners? How can a 'culture' which makes no attempt to defend unchanging traditions be understood as such? In the Christian Philippines, inequalities - global and local - are negotiated through idioms of persuasion, reluctance and pity. Fenella Cannell's study suggests that these are the idioms of a culture which does not need to represent itself as immutable. Her account of Philippine spirit-mediumship, Catholicism, transvestite beauty contests, and marriage in Bicol calls for a reassessment of our understanding of South-East Asian modernity. Combining a strong theoretical interest in the anthropology of religion with a broader comparative attention to recent developments in South-East Asian studies, she offers a powerful alternative to existing interpretations of the relationship between culture and tradition in the region and beyond. This book addresses not only South-East Asianists, but all those with an interest in the anthropology of religion and post-colonial cultures. Power and Intimacy in the Christian Phillipines has won the Harry J. Benda prize for 2001.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e Note on language and names\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: mountains and plains\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Marriage: 1. Marriage stories: speaking of reluctance and control\u003cbr\u003e 2. Kinship and the ritualisation of marriage\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Healing and the Spirits: 3. Introduction: healing and the 'people who have nothing'\u003cbr\u003e 4. Spirit mediums and spirit-companions\u003cbr\u003e 5. Spirit mediums and seance forms: changing relations to the spirit world\u003cbr\u003e 6. Coda: the birthday-parties of the spirits\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Saints and the Dead: 7. The living and the dead\u003cbr\u003e 8. The funeral of the 'dead Christ'\u003cbr\u003e 9. Kinship, reciprocity and devotions to the saints\u003cbr\u003e Part  IV. Beauty Contests: 10. Beauty and the idea of 'America'\u003cbr\u003e 11. Conclusion: oppression, pity and transformation\u003cbr\u003e Appendix\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social \u0026amp; cultural anthropology, ethnography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; cultural anthropology, ethnography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20cultural%20anthropology,%20ethnography%20%5BJHMC%5D%22\"\u003eJHMC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46002407801112,"sku":"9780521646222","price":39.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521646222i_f06f26ec-7111-40ca-ac22-9235b8fd6de1.jpg?v=1691379490","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/power-and-intimacy-in-the-christian-philippines-paperback-9780521646222","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}