La poligamia entre los mormones LeBarón. Un modelo político y económico en México

The paper analyzes the practice of polygamy in the fundamentalist Mormon community of LeBaron, Chihuahua, Mexico. The research seeks to demonstrate,primarily through the genealogical method, the characteristics of this patriarchal model, which has gone from being a prohibited and persecuted doctrine in the United States to being strategically claimed as part of the “uses and customs” of Mormonism to justify political demands in the Mexican context. The relevance of thisresearch lies in relating the discourses of vindication andself-determination of an ethno-religious group that has sought to be recognized as a “community comparable to indigenous peoples” with the practice of polygamy, to defend a religious, territorial, and economic project. We conclude that the future of polygamy among the LeBaron family depends on a network of transnational networks and the patriarchal model that sustains it.