The Protestant Missionary Chronicle: Historiographical Approaches to a Literary Subgenre

At the turn of the 20th century, as part of their settlement in Peru, Protestant missionaries developed a large production of texts focused mainly on the Andean world, which they described, analyzed, categorized, and evaluated, just like other Western explorers in the age of imperialism. In this not...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Fonseca, Juan
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:Perú
Institución:Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Repositorio:Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/25943
Acceso en línea:http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/historica/article/view/25943
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Protestantism
Missionary chronicle
Missionaries
Imperialism
Protestantismo
Crónica misionera
Misioneros
Imperialismo
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Sumario:At the turn of the 20th century, as part of their settlement in Peru, Protestant missionaries developed a large production of texts focused mainly on the Andean world, which they described, analyzed, categorized, and evaluated, just like other Western explorers in the age of imperialism. In this note, I argue that this bibliographical corpus constitutes a specific literary subgenre: the missionary chronicle. From a historiographical perspective, the Protestant missionary chronicles are valuable sources for both the history of the Protestantism and the study of the Andean world from its interaction with missionaries amid the rise of Western imperialism.