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Author:   Francismar Alex Lopes de Carvalho
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   37
Weight:   0.772kg
ISBN:  

9789004462038

ISBN 10:   9004462031
Pages:   376
Publication Date:   22 December 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments List of Figures and Tables Abbreviations Introduction 1 Images of Natives  1 “Friendly” and “Barbaric” Indians  2 Settlers, Missionaries, and Imagined Indians  3 Encomenderos and Images of Natives 2 Images of the Devil  1 The Devil in Amazonia  2 The Devil’s Physical Presence  3 Shamans and the Devil 3 Missionary Entradas and Ethnic Processes  1 Missionary Entradas and Punitive Expeditions  2 Modus Operandi  3 Parcialidades and Ethnicities 4 Territorial Disputes and the Financing of the Missionary Enterprise  1 On the Frontiers of the Real Patronato  2 Origins of the Resources  3 Procurators, Martyrs, and Territorial Possession  4 The Missionaries’ Annual Synod  5 The Trade in Mission Products  6 The Missionary Shortage 5 Between Captivity and Conversion: Spanish Jesuits, Portuguese Carmelites, and Indigenous Peoples  1 Carmelites  2 War Troops and Ransoming Troops  3 Ransoming Troops and the Carmelites  4 The Rhetoric of Conquest and Indigenous Agency 6 Mediators of the Sacred: Missionaries’ Indigenous Auxiliaries  1 Cabildantes and fiscales de doctrina  2 Competitive Sociability  3 Fault and Correction  4 Reversibility and Reframing 7 “A Veritable Jungle of Languages”: Jesuits, Language Policy, and Cultural Translation  1 Challenges Involved in Learning  2 The Interpreters  3 Aspects of Language Policy  4 Vocabularies and Catechisms  5 The Translation of Christian Doctrine 8 Conversions  1 Jesuits and Shamans  2 Catechesis and Mass in the Daily Life of Missions  3 Forms of Appropriating Catholic Festivals and Devotions  4 Ambiguities Surrounding the Sacraments  5 Civil Customs and Religious Rites Conclusion Glossary Bibliography Index

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Francismar Alex Lopes de Carvalho is an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow at the University of Bonn, Germany. He is also a professor of history at Rio de Janeiro State University, Brazil. He earned his PhD from the University of São Paulo.

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