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.
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