{"product_id":"babaylan-sing-back-1","title":"Babaylan Sing Back","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\n\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\n","brand":"Grace Nono","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43572824375478,"sku":"9781501760099","price":20.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9781501760099_64ab1a98-1b60-481f-b9f9-e05005549121.jpg?v=1728050936","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/babaylan-sing-back-1","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}