Abstract:
In this paper we address the past of colonial Paraguay’s Indigenous Jesuit Missions from a gender and masculinities. We focus particularly on the tensions between modern Western conceptions of masculinity and Indigenous mastery. The paper follows the case of cacique Guiraverá, a chief-master rescaling himself during the foundation of the Jesus Maria mission. We problematize the limits of missional masculinity before other bodies produced in that same context. In the Introduction we present the research problems and the work’s theoretical bases. Possible interpretations and limitations that arose during research are dealt with in the concluding remarks.
Keywords:
Indigenous Peoples; Gender; Masculinities; Missions; Paraguay