DIFFUSE FRONTIERS AND HALF-BREED SOCIAL ACTORS: CONCEPTUAL DEBATES AND ANALYTICAL DEVELOPMENTS REGARDING BORDERING SPACES AND THEIR LINKS TO THE WHITE INDIANS IN THE CHACO REGION DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE XIX CENTURY

In the frontier drawn between the Argentine State and the different aborigine groups of the Chaco region during the second half of the XIX century, different half-breed social identities that escape simple dichotomies between whites and Indians, civilized people and savage people were formed. The hi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Spota, Julio César
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
Repositorio:Revista Espaço ameríndio
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:seer.ufrgs.br:article/17025
Acceso en línea:https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/EspacoAmerindio/article/view/17025
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Chaco
frontera
siglo XIX
indios-blancos.
frontier
XIX century
white Indians.
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Sumario:In the frontier drawn between the Argentine State and the different aborigine groups of the Chaco region during the second half of the XIX century, different half-breed social identities that escape simple dichotomies between whites and Indians, civilized people and savage people were formed. The historical practice of considering social actors as white Indians (deserting soldiers, fugitive criminals, political exiles and refugees, as well as merchants who were incorporated to the Indian groups) provides a privileged space for anthropological observation which has been relatively little explored until now. This paper investigates the historical reasons that motivated the migration of Creoles and recovers the perspective of social actors who took a leading role in the facts studied.