"¿How can I lie that I'm Spanish because of my clothes?" The maintenance of Guaycuru borders and identity in Chaco -16th to 17th centuries

  • Doris Castilhos de Araujo Cypriano Universidad de Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), Instituto Anchietano de Pesquisas
Keywords: Toba, Jesuit missons, borderland, identity, Chaco

Abstract

The present essay analizes the short duration of the Jesuitic missions developed at the Chaco area during the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. It emphasizes those developed towards the Toba: a group of nomad peasants, of the Guaycurú linguistic stock. It proposes the evaluation of the briefness of those strongholds from two different perspectives: the appropriateness of not to the model established by the missonaries, against the maintenance and persistence of the Toba identity, through their relationship with the Colonial society. 

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Published
2005-09-01
How to Cite
Castilhos de Araujo Cypriano , D. (2005). "¿How can I lie that I’m Spanish because of my clothes?" The maintenance of Guaycuru borders and identity in Chaco -16th to 17th centuries. Memoria Americana. Cuadernos De Etnohistoria, 12, 71-95. Retrieved from http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/MA/article/view/13553
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