5. Our Lady of Contingency

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Table of Contents 9
3. List of Illustrations 11
4. Acknowledgments 14
5. Introduction: Towards a Counter-History of the Mission Pueblo 17
6. 1. The War of Peace and Legacy of Social Anomie 49
7. 2. Monastic Rule and the Mission As Frontier(ization) Institution 79
8. 3. Stagings of Spiritual Conquest 107
9. 4. Miracles and Monsters in the Consolidation of Mission-Towns 149
10. 5. Our Lady of Contingency 189
11. 6. Reversions to Native Custom in Fr. Antonio de Borja’s Barlaan at Josaphat and Gaspar Aquino de Belen’s Mahal na Pasion 217
12. 7. Colonial Racism and the Moro-Moro As Dueling Proxies of Law 259
13. Conclusion: The Promise of Law 309
14. Bibliography 319
15. Index 349