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Holy confrontation : religion gender and sexuality in the Philippines 15211685

Publisher: Institute of Women's Studies, St. Scholastica's College,


Title Details
  • Holy confrontation :
Publishers
  • Manila : Institute of Women's Studies, St. Scholastica's College,c2001.
Descriptions
  • xl, 437 p. : ill.,
Isbn
    9718605290
Subjects
  • Women and religion -- Philippines -- History.
  • Women -- Philippines -- Religious aspects.
Material Type
  • BK
  • Book
Location MAIN
Item Call Number BL 458 B74 2001
Copynumber 1
Status Available
Barcode 8697
International Standard Book Number
  • International Standard Book Number - 9718605290
Main Entry
  • Personal name - Brewer, Carolyn
Title Statement
  • Title - Holy confrontation :
  • Remainder of title - religion, gender and sexuality in the Philippines, 1521-1685 /
  • Statement of responsibility, etc. - Carolyn Brewer
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint)
  • Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Manila :
  • Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Institute of Women's Studies, St. Scholastica's College,
  • Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c2001.
Physical Description
  • Extent - xl, 437 p. :
  • Other physical details - ill.,
Content Type
Media Type
Carrier Type
General Note
  • General note - With bibliograohy and index.
Formatted Contents Note
  • Formatted contents note - Contents: List of illustrations and map -- List of tables -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part 1. Contact and conversion : the reconstruction of the 'good' woman (Magellan's legacy -- Contact and 'morals' -- 'Good' and 'bad' women -- Confession and flagellation) -- Part 2. 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 -- The re/construction of gender) -- Part 3. Contact and the inquisition : regendering and resistance (The archbishop, the priest, the holy inquisition and resistance in Zambales -- Holy confrontation : religion, gender and sexuality in Bolinao, 1679-1685) -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Notes on sources -- Bibliography -- Index.
Subject Topical Term
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Women and religion
  • Geographic subdivision - Philippines
  • General subdivision - History.
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Women
  • Geographic subdivision - Philippines
  • General subdivision - Religious aspects.