About the Contributors

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction A Case for Rethinking Resistance 1
5. Part one Resistance and the Creation of New Worlds
6. Chapter one Rethinking Amerindian Resistance and Persistence in Colonial Portuguese America 25
7. Chapter two Rituals of Defiance 44
8. Chapter three Indian Resistances to the Rebellion of 1712 in Chiapas 63
9. Chapter Four The “Commander of All Forests” against the “Jacobins” of Brazil 81
10. Chapter FIve A “Great Arch” Descending 100
11. Part Two Resisting through Religion and for Religion
12. Chapter Six Millenarianism, Hegemony, and Resistance in Brazil 123
13. Chapter Seven Where Does Resistance Hide in Contemporary Candomblé? 144
14. Chapter Eight Catholic Resistances in Revolutionary Mexico during the Religious Conflict 165
15. Chapter Nine Gender, Resistance, and Mexico’s Church- State Conflict 184
16. Part Three Rethinking Resistance in a Changing World
17. Chapter Ten Tracing Resistance 211
18. Chapter Eleven Resistance, Factionalism, and Ethnogenesis in Southern Jalisco 230
19. Chapter Twelve The Transhistorical, Juridical- Formal, and Post- Utopian Quilombo 250
20. Chapter Thirteen From Resistance Avenue to the Plaza of Decisions 269
21. Chapter Fourteen Contestation in the Courts 289
22. Chapter Fifteen Beyond Resistance 305
23. Conclusion Rethinking Histories of Resistance in Brazil and Mexico 325
24. Bibliography 355
25. About the Contributors 389
26. Index 391