La sombra alargada del patrón: Gamonalismo y hábitos hacendatarios en Chimborazo tras la reforma agraria

This paper explores selective aspects of the historical processes of organization of the kichwa peasantry in the Andes of Ecuador. Based on the analysis of two representative cases of confrontation between peasants and landowners over access to land in the province of Chimborazo, it discusses the re...

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Autor: Bretón, Víctor
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10459.1/466416
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1111/jlca.12736
https://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/466416
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Andes
Reforma agraria
Ecuador
Movimiento indígena
Campesinado
Agrarian reform
Latifundism
Peasantry
Latifundismo
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Sumario:This paper explores selective aspects of the historical processes of organization of the kichwa peasantry in the Andes of Ecuador. Based on the analysis of two representative cases of confrontation between peasants and landowners over access to land in the province of Chimborazo, it discusses the relevance of the concept of 'gamonalismo' as both a category with which to interpret the system of peasant subjugation until the 1960s, and as significant social system conceived by Mariátegui in 1927. The paper identifies perceptions of social space that suggest the symbolic presence of the gamonal order among the generations who inherited the processes of struggle. It has an exploratory nature as it probes the interconnections between topics such as the ecological characteristics of the territory, the historical construction of a long-standing system of domination and, after its dissolution, the persistence of its symbolic universe in Andean communities.