Indian robberies, games and drunkenness. Indigenous society and early Spanish representations in central Chile, 1540-1560
This article studies the representations that Spanish colonizers of Chile, specifically Cabildo de Santiago members and encomenderos , built on indigenous from the central region of the kingdom during the first twenty years of European settlement. Such representations, re...
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I28-R145-3904_oai2025-11-17 Contreras Cruces, Hugo 2016-12-01 This article studies the representations that Spanish colonizers of Chile, specifically Cabildo de Santiago members and encomenderos , built on indigenous from the central region of the kingdom during the first twenty years of European settlement. Such representations, regarding indigenous peoples lack of willingness to accept Christianity opting to persist in their ancient rites, the alleged Indian poverty and incapability to produce surplus and their inherent violence, translated in the carrying of cold weapons, fled from their reductions and theft of mineral wealth, did not remain only in the generation of negative imagery; in fact they led both the Cabildo and the governors to make decisions that directly influenced the creation of the Chilean colonial society, crossed by Castilian claims of building a structured, Christian social order. Este artículo estudia las representaciones que los colonizadores españoles de Chile, especialmente los miembros del Cabildo de Santiago y los encomenderos, construyeron sobre los indígenas que habitaban la región central del reino durante los primeros veinte años de poblamiento europeo. Tales representaciones, referidas a la carencia de voluntad indígena de recibir el cristianismo optando por persistir en sus antiguos ritos, a su supuesta pobreza e incapacidad para producir excedentariamente y a la violencia que se incubaba en ellos -traducida en el porte de armas blancas, la huida de sus asentamientos y el robo de minerales- no se quedaron solo en la generación de una o más imágenes negativas sino que llevaron a que tanto el Cabildo como los gobernadores tomaran decisiones que influyeron directamente en la conformación de la sociedad colonial chilena, cruzada por la pretensión castellana de construir un orden social estamental y cristiano. Este artigo estuda as representações que os colonizadores espanhóis do Chile, especialmente os membros da Câmara Municipal de Santiago e os encomenderos, construíram sobre os povos indígenas que habitavam a região central do reino durante os primeiros vinte anos de colonização europeia. Essas representações, referentes à falta de vontade dos povos indígenas em aceitar o cristianismo e à sua opção por persistir em seus antigos ritos, à sua suposta pobreza e incapacidade de produzir excedentes, e à violência que se incubava entre eles –traduzida no porte de armas brancas, na fuga de seus assentamentos e no roubo de minerais– não apenas geraram uma ou mais imagens negativas, mas também levaram tanto a Câmara Municipal quanto os governadores a tomarem decisões que influenciaram diretamente a formação da sociedade colonial chilena, influenciadas pela aspiração castelhana de construir uma ordem social classista e cristã. application/pdf https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/MA/article/view/3904 10.34096/mace.v24i2.3904 spa Sección Etnohistoria, Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas. FFyL, UBA https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/MA/article/view/3904/3488 Derechos de autor 2016 Memoria Americana. Cuadernos de Etnohistoria Memoria Americana. Cuadernos de Etnohistoria; Vol. 24 No. 2 (2016); 39-57 Memoria Americana. Cuadernos de Etnohistoria; Vol. 24 Núm. 2 (2016); 39-57 1851-3751 0327-5752 social representations Indians Central Chile drunkness representaciones sociales indios de Chile central encomienda borracheras representações sociais Índios do Chile central encomenda embriaguez Indian robberies, games and drunkenness. Indigenous society and early Spanish representations in central Chile, 1540-1560 Robos, juegos y borracheras de indios. Sociedad indígena y representaciones españolas tempranas en Chile central, 1540-1560 Roubos, jogos de azar e embriaguez dos indígenas: sociedade indígena e representações espanholas primitivas no Chile Central, 1540-1560 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=MA&d=3904_oai |
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This article studies the representations that Spanish colonizers of Chile, specifically Cabildo de Santiago members and encomenderos , built on indigenous from the central region of the kingdom during the first twenty years of European settlement. Such representations, regarding indigenous peoples lack of willingness to accept Christianity opting to persist in their ancient rites, the alleged Indian poverty and incapability to produce surplus and their inherent violence, translated in the carrying of cold weapons, fled from their reductions and theft of mineral wealth, did not remain only in the generation of negative imagery; in fact they led both the Cabildo and the governors to make decisions that directly influenced the creation of the Chilean colonial society, crossed by Castilian claims of building a structured, Christian social order. |
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Indian robberies, games and drunkenness. Indigenous society and early Spanish representations in central Chile, 1540-1560 |
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Indian robberies, games and drunkenness. Indigenous society and early Spanish representations in central Chile, 1540-1560 |
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Sección Etnohistoria, Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas. FFyL, UBA |
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