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Carolyn Brewer. Shamanism, Catholicism and Gender Relations in Colonial Philippines, 1521–1685. (Women and Gender in the Early Modern World.) Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate Publishing Company. 2004. Pp. xxviii, 240. $79.95.

The topic of women in early modern Southeast Asian history has so far been a neglected area of study. Apart from a handful of studies on the Filipino baylan/catalonan (pre-Hispanic priestess), there are no books on Filipino/Indio women in the sixteenth century. In this sense, Carolyn Brewer's book fills a huge vacuum in the field. This is the first comprehensive study of the clash between the baylan and the Spanish conquistadores/clergy at the point of contact. Spaniards quickly identified the baylan as their rivals in their attempts to Christianize the colony. This meant that the power of the priestess/shaman had to be destroyed.

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