The Inconvenience of Chocolate: Disciplining the Society of Jesus in Seventeenth-Century Mexico

This article traces over one hundred years of a campaign against chocolate use in the Mexican province by Jesuit leadership in Rome. The Fathers General posited chocolate use as their "worst enemy" in the Spanish colony. I argue that their angst about chocolate drinking highlights greater...

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Main Author: Williams, Danielle Terrazas ca. 20./21. Jh. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Chicago Press 2021
In: History of religions
Year: 2021, Volume: 60, Issue: 4, Pages: 325-357
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Jesuits / Mexico / Cocoa / Rejection of / History 1600-1700
RelBib Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
CG Christianity and Politics
CH Christianity and Society
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KBR Latin America
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