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Mountain of Difference

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Description for Mountain of Difference Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 3JD; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 457.

A Mountain of Difference recasts the early colonial encounter between the indigenous Lumad and Christian missionaries in the southern Philippines. This groundbreaking study of the Lumad—the non-Muslim native peoples of Mindanao—draws on Spanish archival sources and indigenous oral traditions to reconceptualize the political and cultural history of the island's "upland" minorities.While Lumad peoples are widely believed to have successfully resisted the traumatic transformations of Spanish colonization, Oona Paredes makes a case for the deep cultural impact of Catholic missions in Mindanao, arguing that key elements of "traditional" Lumad life today may have evolved from earlier cross-cultural encounters with Iberian Catholic ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780877277613
SKU
V9780877277613
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About Oona Paredes
Oona Paredes is Assistant Professor in the Department of Southeast Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore.

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