The mission confessional as an instrument of the indigenous agency

The Tupi confessionals of Araújo (1618) and Leão (1686) are specific in several respects, such as the presence of a question about the practice of anthropophagy among the penitent indigenous people that prompted us to investigate the reason why this specificity is nonexistent in Anchieta’s texts and...

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Autor principal: Mota, Jaqueline
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Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad 2021
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Sumario:The Tupi confessionals of Araújo (1618) and Leão (1686) are specific in several respects, such as the presence of a question about the practice of anthropophagy among the penitent indigenous people that prompted us to investigate the reason why this specificity is nonexistent in Anchieta’s texts and in the Tupi confessionals produced during the 18th century in the Amazonian region, the main issue of this article, in which we will also aim to demonstrate that penitent indigenous people have a fundamental role in the elaboration of the confessionals’ questions and are not merely passive agents of the missionaries’ questions.