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Beschreibung
An anthropological study of everyday life in the lowland Philippines.
An anthropological study of everyday life in the lowland Philippines.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Note on language and names; Introduction: mountains and plains; Part I. Marriage: 1. Marriage stories: speaking of reluctance and control; 2. Kinship and the ritualisation of marriage; Part II. Healing and the Spirits: 3. Introduction: healing and the 'people who have nothing'; 4. Spirit mediums and spirit-companions; 5. Spirit mediums and seance forms: changing relations to the spirit world; 6. Coda: the birthday-parties of the spirits; Part III. Saints and the Dead: 7. The living and the dead; 8. The funeral of the 'dead Christ'; 9. Kinship, reciprocity and devotions to the saints; Part IV. Beauty Contests: 10. Beauty and the idea of 'America'; 11. Conclusion: oppression, pity and transformation; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
Genre: Importe, Politikwissenschaft & Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780521646222
ISBN-10: 0521646227
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Cannell, Fenella
Redaktion: Fortes, Meyer
Leach, Edmund
Hersteller: Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 229 x 152 x 19 mm
Von/Mit: Fenella Cannell
Erscheinungsdatum: 15.05.2007
Gewicht: 0,499 kg
Artikel-ID: 106794975