Family articulation among “indios de servicio” on the spanish-mapuche frontier during the second half of the seventeenth century

There is little research on the articulation and development of the Mapuche family, particularly for periods prior to the nineteenth century. This gap is especially evident for the large numbers of individuals who were enslaved and integrated into colonial society as a labor force. Beginning with th...

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Autor principal:	Chuecas Saldías, Ignacio
Formato:	Artículo publishedVersion
Lenguaje:	Español
Publicado:	Surandino Monográfico 2017
Materias:	familia mapuche indios de servicio frontera esclavitud siglo XVII Mapuche family Indian servants frontier slavery seventeenth century
Acceso en línea:	https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/surandino/article/view/3500 https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=surandi&d=3500_oai
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spelling	I28-R145-3500_oai2025-11-17 Chuecas Saldías, Ignacio 2017-05-02 There is little research on the articulation and development of the Mapuche family, particularly for periods prior to the nineteenth century. This gap is especially evident for the large numbers of individuals who were enslaved and integrated into colonial society as a labor force. Beginning with the official abolition of Indian slavery in the 1670s, an ambiguous system of labor and personal control was implemented in colonial Chilean society, which can be referred to as “indios de servicio.” In the context of these confusing situations, indigenous families, particularly on the Spanish-Mapuche Biobío frontier, developed their own individual strategies for survival and adaptation. In particular, three types of relationships that served as the framework for family organization in the “indios de servicio” strata can be seen: Christian marriage, marriage “a la usanza” (“according to custom”) and the matrifocal family. This article seeks to contribute to our understanding of the behavior of these indigenous households on the Biobío frontier during the second half of the seventeenth century. Existe escasa investigación, en particular para los periodos anteriores al siglo XIX, en relación a la articulación, funcionamiento y evolución de la familia mapuche. Esta laguna resulta particularmente evidente cuando se trata del gran universo de individuos que fueron esclavizados e integrados a la sociedad colonial como fuerza laboral. A partir de la abolición oficial de la esclavitud indígena, en la década de 1670, la sociedad colonial chilena implementará un sistema ambiguo de control laboral y personal que puede ser denominado como de “indios de servicio”. En medio de estas coyunturas confusas las familias indígenas, en particular en la frontera hispano-mapuche del Biobío, desarrollaron sus propias estrategias de sobrevivencia y adaptación. En este contexto, resulta posible evidenciar tres tipos de relaciones que sirvieron de marco a los organismos familiares en los estratos de los “indios de servicio”: el matrimonio canónico cristiano, el matrimonio “a la usanza” y la familia matrifocal. El presente artículo busca contribuir a la reconstrucción del comportamiento de estas unidades familiares indígenas activas en el ámbito de la frontera del Biobío durante la segunda mitad del siglo XVII. application/pdf https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/surandino/article/view/3500 spa Surandino Monográfico https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/surandino/article/view/3500/3219 Surandino Monográfico; Núm. 1 (2016); 6-23 2545-8256 familia mapuche indios de servicio frontera esclavitud siglo XVII Mapuche family Indian servants frontier slavery seventeenth century Family articulation among “indios de servicio” on the spanish-mapuche frontier during the second half of the seventeenth century Articulación familiar entre "Indios de servicio" en la frontera Hispano-Mapuche durante la segunda mitad del siglo XVII info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=surandi&d=3500_oai
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description	There is little research on the articulation and development of the Mapuche family, particularly for periods prior to the nineteenth century. This gap is especially evident for the large numbers of individuals who were enslaved and integrated into colonial society as a labor force. Beginning with the official abolition of Indian slavery in the 1670s, an ambiguous system of labor and personal control was implemented in colonial Chilean society, which can be referred to as “indios de servicio.” In the context of these confusing situations, indigenous families, particularly on the Spanish-Mapuche Biobío frontier, developed their own individual strategies for survival and adaptation. In particular, three types of relationships that served as the framework for family organization in the “indios de servicio” strata can be seen: Christian marriage, marriage “a la usanza” (“according to custom”) and the matrifocal family. This article seeks to contribute to our understanding of the behavior of these indigenous households on the Biobío frontier during the second half of the seventeenth century.
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title	Family articulation among “indios de servicio” on the spanish-mapuche frontier during the second half of the seventeenth century
title_short	Family articulation among “indios de servicio” on the spanish-mapuche frontier during the second half of the seventeenth century
title_full	Family articulation among “indios de servicio” on the spanish-mapuche frontier during the second half of the seventeenth century
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publisher	Surandino Monográfico
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Family articulation among “indios de servicio” on the spanish-mapuche frontier during the second half of the seventeenth century

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