{"product_id":"babaylan-sing-back-grace-nono-9781501760082","title":"Babaylan Sing Back: Philippine Shamans and Voice, Gender, and Place","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBabaylan Sing Back\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e depicts the embodied voices of Native Philippine ritual specialists popularly known as babaylan.\u003c\/b\u003e These ritual specialists are widely believed to have perished during colonial times, or to survive on the margins in the present-day. They are either persecuted as witches and purveyors of superstition, or valorized as symbols of gender equality and anticolonial resistance. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on fieldwork in the Philippines and in the Philippine diaspora, Grace Nono's deep engagement with the song and speech of a number of living ritual specialists demonstrates Native historical agency in the 500th year anniversary of the contact between the people of the Philippine Islands and the European colonizers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Grace Nono\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501760084\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501760082\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Southeast Asia Program Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Grace Nono","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43944308867327,"sku":"9781501760082","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_254d9389-2a9d-43b1-bcae-a99704e4e142.jpg?v=1681502939","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/babaylan-sing-back-grace-nono-9781501760082","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}