Patron Saints of Meat and Tallow: Sacralizing Extractivism in the Colonial Cattle Industry of Yucatán, Mexico

In colonial Yucatán, Mexico, the owners of plantation-like estates known as haciendas conscripted saints and cows to expropriate land from Indigenous Maya farming communities. In this paper, I trace the role of hacienda saints by framing them as an introduced or adventive species, capable of forming...

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Main Author: Chelsea Fisher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-10-01
Series:Religions
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/15/11/1291
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