Inconstancy of the indian soul – the encounter of catholics and cannibals in 16–century brazil sixteenth–century brazil, the
Auteur :
Viveiros De Cas, Eduardo
Éditeur :
Prickly Paradigm Press, LLC
ISBN :
9780984201013
Date de publication :
1 oct. 2011
Dimensions :
17,9 x 11,6 x 0,7 cm
Poids :
102 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
In the mid-sixteenth century, Jesuit missionaries working in what is now Brazil were struck by what they called the inconstancy of the people they met, the indigenous Tupi-speaking tribes of the Atlantic coast. This title situates the Jesuit missionaries' accounts of the Tupi people in historical perspective.