Peasants and religion : a socioeconomic study of Dios Olivorio and the Palma Sola movement in the Dominican Republic / Jan Lundius and Mats Lundahl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lundius, Jan, 1954-

Contributor:

Lundahl, Mats, 1946-

Series:

Routledge studies in development and society.

Routledge studies in development and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mateo, Olivorio, -1922.

Mateo, Olivorio.

Cults--Dominican Republic--History--20th century.

Cults.

Religion and sociology--Dominican Republic--History--20th century.

Religion and sociology.

Cults--Dominican Republic--Palma Sola (San Juan)--History--20th century.

Religion and sociology--Dominican Republic--Palma Sola (San Juan)--History--20th century.

Dominican Republic--Religion--20th century.

Dominican Republic.

Palma Sola (San Juan, Dominican Republic)--Religion--20th century.

Palma Sola (San Juan, Dominican Republic).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (801 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines the relationship between economics, politics and religion through the case of Olivorio Mateo and the religious movement he inspired from 1908 in the Dominican Republic. The authors explore how and why the new religion was formed, and why it was so successful. Comparing this case with other peasant movements, they show ways in which folk religion serves as a response to particular problems which arise in peasant societies during times of stress.

Contents:

Cover; Peasants and Religion: A socioeconomic study of Dios Olivorio and the Palma Sola Movement in the Dominican Republic; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Some Spanish and Creole* words that appear in the text; Map of the Dominican Republic; Map of the Olivorista heartland; 1 Introduction; The subject; The local scene; A plausible story; Peasants and outsiders; The problem of oral transmission; The hidden transcript; The spiritual sphere; Religion in peasant society: a local phenomenon; The socioeconomic context: the failure to inculturate capitalism

The scene of modernizationPart I The events; 2 Olivorio Mateo: The life and death of a peasant god, 1908-22; A strange savior; The source material: myth and reality; The field laborer; The great storm; The three signs; The cult site; The thaumaturge; Promiscuity?; Life within Olivorio's community; Olivorio's teachings; The followers of Olivorio; The Olivorista dress; Olivorio and the Americans; The Haitian connection; On the run; Olivorio and urban residents; The death of Olivorio; The heritage of Olivorio; 3 Interlude: The survival of Olivorismo, 1922-61

The occupation and the San Juan elite: resistance and collaborationThe Yanquis and the Olivoristas; Departure of the Americans and return of the caudillos; The San Juan Valley under President Vásquez: 'The principality of the Ramírezes'; The survival of the cult; The rise of Trujillo and the subjugation of the Ramírezes; Trujillo's initial attacks on the Olivoristas; The Dorninicanization of the San Juan Valley; The Ramírezes under Trujillo; Trujillo and the Olivoristas; 4 Palma Sola: The revival of Olivorismo, 1961-62; Olivorio resurrected: the twins of Palma Sola

The foundation and organization of Palma SolaThe road to the massacre; The massacre; After the massacre; Part II: The myth; 5 Olivorista lore; Folklore; A magical environment; Olivorista salves; The great code; A legendary life of Olivorio; The salves and the theology of Palma Sola; The violent message: sectarians and outsiders; The hidden transcript of Olivorismo; Conclusions; Appendix: Jonestown and Palma Sola; Part III: The causes; 6 Popular religion in the Dominican Republic and its influence on Olivorismo; The Indian presence in Dominican popular religion

The religion of the conquistadoresThe cofradías: an Afro-European fusion; Other expressions of popular religion in the Dominican Republic reflected in Olivorismo; Rural prophets in the Dominican Republic; Conclusions; 7 Economic and political change in the San Juan Valley, 1503-1922; The San Juan Valley; The economy: the early years; In the doldrums; The creation of a trade pattern; Consolidation of the pattern; Land tenure: the rise of the terrenos comuneros; Destruction of the cattle economy; The Haitian occupation: the rise of a peasantry; The late nineteenth century

Property rights in land

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [721]-758) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-33451-7

0-585-45185-0

0-203-01696-3

9780203016961

OCLC:

71348407