Clash of Spirits: The History of Power and Sugar Planter Hegemony on a Visayan Island

Filomeno V. Aguilar

Published by University of Hawaii Press 1998

Clash of Spirits

The History of Power and Sugar Planter Hegemony on a Visayan Island

Filomeno V. Aguilar

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824861919

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This text illuminates the oral traditions of the Philippines and the convergence of capitalism and the indigenous spirit world. The author examines the social relations, cultural meanings and political struggles surrounding the rise of sugar haciendas on Negros during the late Spanish colonial period, and their subsequent transformation under the aegis of the American colonial state. Drawing on oral history, interviews and a wide array of sources culled from archives in Spain, the United States, the United Kingdom and the Philippines, the author reconstructs the emergence of a sugar-planter class and its strategic maneuvers to attain hegemony. The book portrays local actors taking an active role in shaping the external forces that impinge on their lives. It examines hacienda life from the indigenous perspective of magic and spirit beliefs, reinterpreting several critical phases of Philippine history in the process. By analyzing mythic tales as bearers of historical consciousness, the author explores the complex interactions between local culture, global interventions, and capitalist market forces.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I. Colonial Enchantments, Indigenous Contests
1. A Clash of Spirits Friar Power and Masonic Capitalism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
2. Cockfights and Engkantos Gambling on Submission and Resistance Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	32
3. Elusive Peasant, Weak State Sharecropping and the Changing Meaning of Debt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
Part II. The World of Negros Sugar after 1855
4. The Formation of a Landed Hacendero Class in Negros Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
5. “Capitalists Begging for Laborers” Hacienda Relations in Spanish Colonial Negros Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	126
6. Toward Mestizo Power Masonic Might and the Wagering of Political Destinies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	156
7. The American Colonial State Pampering Sugar into an Agricultural Revolution Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	275
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	305
About the Author Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	314

Language: English
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 328

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Published: September 1, 1998
ISBN: 9780824861919