Shamanic Crossovers in the Southern Philippines

Vocal Worlds
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-86898-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 296 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Reihe: Studies in Death, Materiality and the Origin of Time

This book offers a close-up study of annual cycle rituals among the southern Tagbanwa of Palawan Island in the Philippines, with a particular focus on shamanic oratory and vocalized performance. Drawing on rich ethnography and extensive fieldwork, it reflects on the interconnectedness of humans, nature, and the spirit world. The chapters shed light on the role of female (babalyan) and male (manlalambay) protagonists and how people, including the deceased, relate to each other through vibrant natural and crafted motifs. The study transports readers into a world of upland shifting cultivators and invites us to delve into animist dialogue in vivo. Offering a valuable contribution to debates on new animism and perspectivism, Shamanic Crossovers in the Southern Philippines will be of particular interest to scholars of anthropology, religion, Southeast Asia, and Indigenous studies.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Røkkum, Arne

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Animism as Mimetic Play 1. A Life Cycle on the Swiddens: The Dry and the Wet 2. Soul of Rice, Soul of the Dead 3. Making it Grow: The Shaman’s Seeding 4. Before the Harvest: The Shaman’s Probe 5. After the Harvest: The Shaman’s Prologue 6. After the Harvest: The Shaman’s Praise  7. A Shamanic Feast for the Spirits 8. Trapping the Shafts of the Sun 9. The Weight of Sacrifice 10. Devising a Swap Conclusion: An Animacy of Beings and Things  Appendix 1: Ritual Cult Group  Appendix 2: Glossary.  Index

Über Autor(innen)

Arne Røkkum is Professor Emeritus and former curator of the East Asia collections at the Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo, Norway. He has been a Visiting Professor at the National Museum of Ethnology in Osaka, Japan, and the National University of the Philippines, Quezon City. His previous book with Routledge is Nature, Ritual, and Society in Japan’s Ryukyu Islands.