Songs and Gifts at the Frontier

• Contents List of Illustrations Preface A Note on Orthography 1. The Rivers of Exchange 2. The Manobo Cosmos (Kalibutan) 3. The Diwata in the Pantheon of Manobo Supernatural Beings 4. The Burning Panubad-tubad Speech 5. Personal Songs 6. Reluctance and Shame: Negotiating Visayanized Public Culture 7. Song and Sacrificing Notes References Index

"Songs and Gifts at the Frontier: Person and Exchange in the Agusan Manobo Possession Ritual, Philippines is a remarkable document. Any serious scholar of Philippine ethnography or Southeast Asian ethnomusicology will find this to be a necessary addition to a library." -- Journalof Asian Studies, J. Joseph Errington