Shamanism, Catholicism and gender relations in colonial Philippines 1521-1685 - Brewer, Carolyn (Aldershot, Hants, England Ashgate, 2004)
Magellan's legacy -- Contact and 'morals' -- 'Good' and 'bad' women : the virgin and the whore -- Confession and flagellation : the creation of self-policing converts -- Contact and the Baylan -- Contact, conversion and the Baylan -- Evil (and) old women -- Transvestism and the 'third sex/gender' space -- The archbishop, the priest, the Holy Inquisition and resistance in Zambales -- Holy confrontation: religion and gender in Bolinao, 1679-85.
Keywords: Sex role -- Philippines; Women -- Social conditions. -- Philippines; Animism -- Philippines; Women in the Catholic Church -- History. -- Philippines; Christianity and other religions -- Animism; Animism -- Relations -- Christianity; Catholic Church -- History -- Modern period, 1500- -- Philippines; Philippines -- Religious life and customs