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Book Summary
In the late 1960s more than a dozen workers died when a steam-filled tank
exploded at the Victorias sugar mill on Negros, an island in the central
Philippines. Local people believed the mishap occurred became new management had
refused to propitiate the spirits by conducting the traditional daga rite of
"baptizing" new machinery with chicken blood. Once rites of appeasement were
performed, workers attested, no further accidents occurred and the mill
continued to function and prosper as before.Such stories, long part of the
workers' vibrant oral tradition, illuminate the convergence of capitalism and
the indigenous spirit world in Filomeno Aguilar's Clash of Spirits. In this
enlightening and highly
- ISBN-13
- 9780824820824
- Language
- English
- Binding
- Paper Back
- Publisher
- Univ of Hawaii Pr
- Publishing Date
- 1998-05-01
- Total Pages
- 313
Clash Of Spirits: The History Of Power And Sugar Planter Hegemony On A Visayan Island
by Filomeno V. Aguilar Jr. (Author),
Univ of Hawaii Pr (Publisher)
fictionfantasyyoung adultaward winning
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Book Summary
In the late 1960s more than a dozen workers died when a steam-filled tank
exploded at the Victorias sugar mill on Negros, an island in the central
Philippines. Local people believed the mishap occurred became new management had
refused to propitiate the spirits by conducting the traditional daga rite of
"baptizing" new machinery with chicken blood. Once rites of appeasement were
performed, workers attested, no further accidents occurred and the mill
continued to function and prosper as before.Such stories, long part of the
workers' vibrant oral tradition, illuminate the convergence of capitalism and
the indigenous spirit world in Filomeno Aguilar's Clash of Spirits. In this
enlightening and highly
Book Specifications
- ISBN-13
- 9780824820824
- Language
- English
- Binding
- Paper Back
- Publisher
- Univ of Hawaii Pr
- Publishing Date
- 1998-05-01
- Total Pages
- 313