Entre intermediarios fronterizos y guardianes del Chaco: la larga historia de los mataraes santiagueños (siglos XVI a XIX)

The case of Matará, pueblo de indios settled around the 1650’s in the Chaco borderland, is singular in the colonial jurisdiction of Santiago del Estero. Its inhabitants, although identified as “tonocotés”, were not natives but moved there from the hinterland of Concepción del Bermejo city, which had...

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Autor principal:	Judith Farberman
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Publicado:	Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains 2011
Materias:	17th to 19th century Chaco frontier Colonial Argentina cultural brokers Jesuit Missions Matará Anthropology GN1-890 Latin America. Spanish America F1201-3799
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:c27661ee72674e90956f7c7c7e4969f82021-12-02T10:38:34ZEntre intermediarios fronterizos y guardianes del Chaco: la larga historia de los mataraes santiagueños (siglos XVI a XIX)1626-025210.4000/nuevomundo.61448https://doaj.org/article/c27661ee72674e90956f7c7c7e4969f82011-05-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/61448https://doaj.org/toc/1626-0252The case of Matará, pueblo de indios settled around the 1650’s in the Chaco borderland, is singular in the colonial jurisdiction of Santiago del Estero. Its inhabitants, although identified as “tonocotés”, were not natives but moved there from the hinterland of Concepción del Bermejo city, which had been destroyed in 1633. The mataraes, separated in two parcialidades, acted as brokers between the Christian Indians and the “wild” ones. The purpose of this paper is to point out the different meanings of these broker roles throughout three centuries. I will examine three issues): the mataraes as guides in the missional and war entradas in the wild Chaco, their role as merchants – commerce was their main and most autonomous activity in the context of the encomienda system - and their military role. On account of these brokers’ skills, the frontier´s situation of the hamlet and certain cultural traits, the mataraes were perceived as halfway between “Christians” and “Gentiles”. This contrast lasted very long, even after the end of the pueblo de indios of Matará in the second decade of the 19th century.Judith FarbermanCentre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américainsarticle17th to 19th centuryChaco frontierColonial Argentinacultural brokersJesuit MissionsMataráAnthropologyGN1-890Latin America. Spanish AmericaF1201-3799ENFRPTNuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos (2011)
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topic	17th to 19th century Chaco frontier Colonial Argentina cultural brokers Jesuit Missions Matará Anthropology GN1-890 Latin America. Spanish America F1201-3799
spellingShingle	17th to 19th century Chaco frontier Colonial Argentina cultural brokers Jesuit Missions Matará Anthropology GN1-890 Latin America. Spanish America F1201-3799 Judith Farberman Entre intermediarios fronterizos y guardianes del Chaco: la larga historia de los mataraes santiagueños (siglos XVI a XIX)
description	The case of Matará, pueblo de indios settled around the 1650’s in the Chaco borderland, is singular in the colonial jurisdiction of Santiago del Estero. Its inhabitants, although identified as “tonocotés”, were not natives but moved there from the hinterland of Concepción del Bermejo city, which had been destroyed in 1633. The mataraes, separated in two parcialidades, acted as brokers between the Christian Indians and the “wild” ones. The purpose of this paper is to point out the different meanings of these broker roles throughout three centuries. I will examine three issues): the mataraes as guides in the missional and war entradas in the wild Chaco, their role as merchants – commerce was their main and most autonomous activity in the context of the encomienda system - and their military role. On account of these brokers’ skills, the frontier´s situation of the hamlet and certain cultural traits, the mataraes were perceived as halfway between “Christians” and “Gentiles”. This contrast lasted very long, even after the end of the pueblo de indios of Matará in the second decade of the 19th century.
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title	Entre intermediarios fronterizos y guardianes del Chaco: la larga historia de los mataraes santiagueños (siglos XVI a XIX)
title_short	Entre intermediarios fronterizos y guardianes del Chaco: la larga historia de los mataraes santiagueños (siglos XVI a XIX)
title_full	Entre intermediarios fronterizos y guardianes del Chaco: la larga historia de los mataraes santiagueños (siglos XVI a XIX)
title_fullStr	Entre intermediarios fronterizos y guardianes del Chaco: la larga historia de los mataraes santiagueños (siglos XVI a XIX)
title_full_unstemmed	Entre intermediarios fronterizos y guardianes del Chaco: la larga historia de los mataraes santiagueños (siglos XVI a XIX)
title_sort	entre intermediarios fronterizos y guardianes del chaco: la larga historia de los mataraes santiagueños (siglos xvi a xix)
publisher	Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains
publishDate	2011
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Entre intermediarios fronterizos y guardianes del Chaco: la larga historia de los mataraes santiagueños (siglos XVI a XIX)

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