Mission en temps de guerre : Alfred Métraux dans le Pilcomayo
The paper analyses the relationship between Alfred Métraux and the Toba and Pilagá peoples of Western Formosa (Argentina) during 1933. The peculiar sociopolitical circumstances that encompassed Métraux’s fieldwork are detailed: the logistical problems due to the feeble economic situation of Universi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Société des américanistes
2016-12-01
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| Series: | Journal de la Société des Américanistes |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/jsa/14806 |
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| Summary: | The paper analyses the relationship between Alfred Métraux and the Toba and Pilagá peoples of Western Formosa (Argentina) during 1933. The peculiar sociopolitical circumstances that encompassed Métraux’s fieldwork are detailed: the logistical problems due to the feeble economic situation of University of Tucumán, the Chaco War between Bolivia and Paraguay (1932-1935), the inescapable relationship with the Anglican settlements of the South American Missionary Society and the tense situation on the national frontier between Argentina and Paraguay. By combining personal letters, published texts and oral and written sources, the paper aims to reconstruct the general context of the first ethnographic experiences of Métraux in the Gran Chaco. |
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| ISSN: | 0037-9174 1957-7842 |