Babaylan Sing Back: Philippine Shamans and Voice, Gender, and Place

An Ethnography Of A Number Of Native Philippine Ritual Specialists' Voices In Song And Speech, Drawing On Fieldwork In The Philippines And In The Philippine Diaspora Spanning Thirty Years And Written In Conversation With Selected Voice, Gender, And Decolonization Discourses. Asserts Native Historical Agency Amidst Embattled Conditions On The 500th Year Anniversary Of The Histories Of Philippine Colonization-- Provided By Publisher.