History is not just about great personalities, wars, and revolutions; it is also about the subtle
aspects of more ordinary matters. On a day-to-day basis the aspects of life that most …

The hallucinogenic and medicinal effects of peyote have a storied history that begins well
before Europeans arrived in the Americas. While some have attempted to explain the …

This wide-ranging introduction to the anthropology of Latin America and the Caribbean
offers broad coverage of culture and society in the region, taking into account historical …

It is like a Rorschach test. When I say “peyote,” my colleagues, interviewees, and friends
immediately conjure up a limited set of images.“Indians,” they say, the more knowledgeable …

This article examines the relationship between ritual specialists, nanahualtin or nahualistas
(pl.) and nahualli or nahual (sing.), and healing practices, adding context to the social roles …

On Monday 1 July 1630, Don Fernando de Quiroz, a Spanish resident of Mexico City,
witnessed an astonishing spectacle in one of the many rooms of the Viceregal Palace …

Utilizing criminal records from the secular courts, this article examines incidents of sexual
relations between parents and their biological children or stepchildren—both of which were …

This study examines forty-six colonial records spanning over two centuries (ca. 1581–1802),
the majority of which consist of Mexican Inquisition and criminal trials. The article illuminates …

This article examines a 1670s Peruvian Inquisition case involving two young nuns and their
Franciscan confessor in order to reveal the work of mimicry, sex, and race in colonial Latin …

This dissertation employs excess as an analytical framework to explore the ways in which
commoner indigenous and mixed-raced peoples accessed the divine to alleviate the ills …