Book
Better not take my manioc: Guarani religion, society, and politics in the Jesuit missions of Paraguay
UMI • Ann Arbor, Michigan • Published In 1994 • Pages:
By: Ganson, Barbara Anne.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This dissertation is an ethnohistorical study of the Guaraní-speaking Indians in the Jesuit missions on the border regions of Paraguay, Argentina, and Brazil. Three themes are examined in this work: (1) the religious adaptation of the Guaraní; (2) the continuities and transformation in native social organization; and (3) the affect of Spanish colonial politics on the everyday lives of the Guaraní (p. 6). With these themes in mind, Ganson divides her study into four major parts. Part one deals with the colonial setting in which sixteenth century Indian-European relations are discussed; part 2 describes Guaraní-Jesuit interaction and religious reorientation in the missions; part 3 discusses Guaraní social organization and their response to Spanish cultural domination and the final section, part 4, analyzes colonial politics in relationship to the mission Indians during the latter part of the eighteenth century.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Internal migration
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- External relations
- Public welfare
- Revolution
- Warfare
- Missions
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Guaraní
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1998
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- South America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern South America
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Historian
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1997
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1991
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1500-1800
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Guaraní mission Indians; borders of Paraguay, Argentina, and Brazil
- NotesAdditional notes
- Barbara Anne Ganson
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Texas at Austin, 1994
- UM 9505982
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-420)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Guarani Indians