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Genre/Form: | History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Bristol, Joan Cameron, 1968- Christians, blasphemers, and witches. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2007 (OCoLC)805931372 |
Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Joan Cameron Bristol |
ISBN: | 9780826337993 0826337996 |
OCLC Number: | 122526053 |
Description: | xiv, 283 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. |
Contents: | "Although I am Black, I am beautiful" : religion, difference, and calidad in Spanish America -- "The people most enlightened by doctrine" : the church and the creation of Christian subjects in Spanish America -- "The devotion I have" : Christian practice and its limits -- "I renounce God and his saints" : renouncing authority at the inquisition -- "To have health there was nothing that he wouldn't take" : magic and the mediation of authority -- "Usurping the ecclesiastical jurisdiction?" : accusations and objects in turn-of-the-century Mexico City. |
Series Title: | Diálogos (Albuquerque, N.M.) |
Responsibility: | Joan Cameron Bristol. |
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Abstract:
Focusing on the time period from the intensification of slave importation in 1580 to 1700, this work explores how Afro-Mexicans worked within the limitations imposed on them by the Church and the Spanish Crown in order to develop relationships with peers and superiors, defend themselves against unjust treatment, make money, and gain prestige.
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