A Ransom in the Chaco
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https://doi.org/10.18441/ind.v34i2.265-285Keywords:
frontier, representations, captives, Toba, Chaco, Bolivia, 19th centuryAbstract
In 1884, Cecilia Oviedo told her tale about being a captive of the Tobas of the Bolivian Pilcomayo. It is quite an exceptional document that reveals the situation on the ‘Chaco frontier’, as well as other aspects such as the tense relationship between missionaries and settlers, the past of Taicoliqui, the great Toba warrior, or the economic dimensions of the wars and treaties between the settlers and the Indians. Oviedo’s story also portraits a Maniquean representation of the frontier, typical among creoles, in stark contrast to everyday reality.Downloads
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2018-01-23
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