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Traces the history of conquest and colonization in Paraguay during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Emphasizing the social and cultural agency of Guarani, Shawn Michael Austin argues that interethnic relations and cultural change in Paraguay can only be properly understood through the Guarani logic of kinship.

Table of Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Glossary
  • Introduction
  • Part One. Beginnings
  • Chapter One. Cuñadasgo and Conquistador Polygamists, 1530s-1550s
  • Chapter Two. Institutionalizing Kinship: The Encomienda and Franciscan Reducciones, 1550s-1640s
  • Chapter Three. Embodied Borders: Conflict and Convergence in Guairá, 1570s-1630s
  • Part Two. Challenges
  • Chapter Four. Resplendent Prophets and Vengeful Warriors: Guaraní Rejection of Colonial Rule
  • Chapter Five. Indios Fronterizos and the Spanish-Guaraní Militias
  • Part Three. Communities
  • Chapter Six. Beyond the Missions: Guaraní Reducciones in Asunción's Orbit
  • Chapter Seven. The Other Reducción: Asunción's Indios
  • Chapter Eight. Beyond Mestizos: Afro-Guaraní Relations
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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      Publisher: MP-NMX Uni of New Mexico
      Publication Date: 12/30/2022 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780826364401, 978-0826364401
      ISBN10: 0826364403
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Traces the history of conquest and colonization in Paraguay during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Emphasizing the social and cultural agency of Guarani, Shawn Michael Austin argues that interethnic relations and cultural change in Paraguay can only be properly understood through the Guarani logic of kinship.

      Table of Contents
      • List of Illustrations
      • Glossary
      • Introduction
      • Part One. Beginnings
      • Chapter One. Cuñadasgo and Conquistador Polygamists, 1530s-1550s
      • Chapter Two. Institutionalizing Kinship: The Encomienda and Franciscan Reducciones, 1550s-1640s
      • Chapter Three. Embodied Borders: Conflict and Convergence in Guairá, 1570s-1630s
      • Part Two. Challenges
      • Chapter Four. Resplendent Prophets and Vengeful Warriors: Guaraní Rejection of Colonial Rule
      • Chapter Five. Indios Fronterizos and the Spanish-Guaraní Militias
      • Part Three. Communities
      • Chapter Six. Beyond the Missions: Guaraní Reducciones in Asunción's Orbit
      • Chapter Seven. The Other Reducción: Asunción's Indios
      • Chapter Eight. Beyond Mestizos: Afro-Guaraní Relations
      • Conclusion
      • Notes
      • Bibliography
      • Index

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