Remembering the hacienda : religion, authority, and social change in highland Ecuador / by Barry J. Lyons.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lyons, Barry J. (Barry Jay), 1958-

Series:

Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture.

Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Haciendas--Ecuador--Case studies.

Haciendas.

Agricultural laborers--Ecuador--Pangor River Watershed--Social conditions.

Agricultural laborers.

Church lands--Ecuador--Pangor River Watershed--History.

Church lands.

Indians of South America--Ecuador--Pangor River Watershed--Social conditions.

Indians of South America.

Social change--Ecuador--Pangor River Watershed.

Social change.

Monjas Corral Hacienda (Ecuador)--History.

Monjas Corral Hacienda (Ecuador).

Pangor River Watershed (Ecuador)--Social conditions.

Pangor River Watershed (Ecuador).

Catholic Church--Ecuador--Pangor River Watershed--History.

Catholic Church.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (363 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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. In Remembering the Hacienda: Religion, Authority, and Social Change in Highland Ecuador, Barry Lyons probes the workings of power on haciendas and explores the hacienda's contemporary legacy. Lyons lived for three years in a Runa village and conducted in-depth interviews with elderly former hacienda laborers. He combines their wrenching accounts with archival evidence to paint an astonishing portrait of daily life on haciendas. Lyons also develops an innovative analysis of hacienda discipline and authority relations. Remembering the Hacienda explains the role of religion as well as the reshaping of Runa culture and identity under the impact of land reform and liberation theology. 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.

Contents:

Introduction

A history of Pangor and Monjas Corral

Hacienda society and the base of the triangle

Saint Rose's blessings

Reciprocity and resistance

Disobedience and respect

Respect, authority, and discipline

The demise of the hacienda

Liberation theology and ethnic resurgence.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-339) and index.

ISBN:

0-292-79568-8

OCLC:

614989257