Remembering the Hacienda - Religion, Authority, and Social Change in Highland Ecuador

Informationen zum Autor Barry Lyons is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Wayne State University in Detroit. Klappentext This beautifully written book is a major contribution to the understanding of social control and domination. It will be valuable reading for a broad audience in anthropology, history, Latin American studies, and religious studies. Zusammenfassung From the colonial period through the mid-twentieth century! haciendas dominated the Latin American countryside. In the Ecuadorian Andes! Runa-Quichua-speaking indigenous people-worked on these large agrarian estates as virtual serfs. This book probes the workings of power on haciendas and explores the hacienda's contemporary legacy. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgmentsPart One: Introduction 1. Introduction2. A History of Pangor and Monjas CorralPart Two: Society and Resistance 3. Hacienda Society and the Base of the Triangle4. Saint Rose's Blessings5. Reciprocity and ResistancePart Three: Respect and Authority 6. Disobedience and Respect: Two Accounts7. Respect, Authority, and DisciplinePart Four: The Legacy of the Hacienda 8. The Demise of the Hacienda9. Liberation Theology and Ethnic ResurgenceNotesBibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Barry J. Lyons
• Publisher: University Of Texas Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2006
• EAN: 9780292714397
• ISBN: 978-0-292-71439-7
• No. of pages: 362
• Series: Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture; Joe R. and Teresa Lozana Long; Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture; Joe R. and Teresa Lozana Long
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)