Shamanism, Catholicism and gender relations in colonial Philippines, 1521-1685

Contact and conversion : the reconstruction of the "good" woman -- Magellan's legacy -- Contact and "morals" -- "Good" and "bad" women : the virgin and the whore -- Confession and flagellation : the creation of self-policing converts -- Contact and the Ba...

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Main Author: Brewer, Carolyn (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: Aldershot, Hants, [u.a.] Ashgate 2004
In:Year: 2004
Reviews:Shamanism, Catholicism and gender relations in colonial Philippines, 1521–1685. By Carolyn Brewer. (Women and Gender in the Early Modern World.) Pp. xxix+240 incl. 6 tables and 16 figs. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2004. £45. 0 7546 3437 X (2006) (Pardo, Osvaldo)
Series/Journal:Women and gender in the early modern world
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Philippines / Holy See (motif) / Shamanism / Animism / Gender composition / Woman / History 1521-1685
Further subjects:B Sex role (Philippines)
B Animism Philippines
B Geschlechterbeziehung
B Shamanism
B Women Philippines Social conditions
B Philippines
B Holy See (motif)
B Animism (Philippines)
B Women in the Catholic Church (Philippines) History
B Sex role Philippines
B Catholic Church (Philippines) History Modern period, 1500-
B Women in the Catholic Church Philippines History
B Women (Philippines) Social conditions
B Catholic Church Philippines History Modern period, 1500-
B Philippines Religious life and customs
B History 1521-1685
B Animism Relations Christianity
B Christianity and other religions Animism
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Summary:Contact and conversion : the reconstruction of the "good" woman -- Magellan's legacy -- Contact and "morals" -- "Good" and "bad" women : the virgin and the whore -- Confession and flagellation : the creation of self-policing converts -- Contact and the Baylan : the elimination of the animist shaman -- Contact, conversion, and the Baylan -- Evil (and) old women -- Transvestism and the "third sex/gender" space -- Contact and the Inquisition : regendering and resistance -- The archbishop, the priest, the Holy Inquisition, and resistance in Zambales -- Holy confrontation : religion and gender in Bolinao
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-234) and index
Physical Description:XXVIII, 240 S, Ill., 1 Kt, 23 cm
ISBN:0-7546-3437-X

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