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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Main Author: Lorena I. Córdoba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Société des américanistes 2016-12-01
Series:Journal de la Société des Américanistes
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/jsa/14806
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description 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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Mission en temps de guerre : Alfred Métraux dans le Pilcomayo
Journal de la Société des Américanistes
Gran Chaco
Métraux
Missionaries
War
Indigenous groups
title Mission en temps de guerre : Alfred Métraux dans le Pilcomayo
title_full Mission en temps de guerre : Alfred Métraux dans le Pilcomayo
title_fullStr Mission en temps de guerre : Alfred Métraux dans le Pilcomayo
title_full_unstemmed Mission en temps de guerre : Alfred Métraux dans le Pilcomayo
title_short Mission en temps de guerre : Alfred Métraux dans le Pilcomayo
title_sort mission en temps de guerre alfred metraux dans le pilcomayo
topic Gran Chaco
Métraux
Missionaries
War
Indigenous groups
url https://journals.openedition.org/jsa/14806
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