Rice and magic a cultural history from the precolonial world to the present

Rice and magic a cultural history from the precolonial world to the present

Beliefs in rice spirits were integral to the magical worldview of the precolonial inhabitants of these islands. Under Spanish colonialism, rice became a staple but it underwent disenchantment and symbolic marginality. By the 1870s rice production fell short relative to demand. Twentieth-century init...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints Vol. 61, No. 3 (September 2013), p. 297-330.
Main Author: Aguilar, Filomeno V. Jr (Author)
Format: Analytics
Language:English
Published: 2013.
Subjects:
Rice.
Rice yields.
Agricultural innovations.
Rice farming.
Rice > Religious aspects.
Cultural history.
Social change.
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