Tensão e redução na várzea: as relações de contato entre os Cocama e Jesuítas na Amazônia do século XVII 1644-1680

• Autor(a) principal: Rodrigueiro, Jane
• Data de Publicação: 2007
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da PUC_SP
• Texto Completo: https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/2025
• topic: Cocama; Jesuitas; Indios Cocama; Jesuitas -- Missoes -- Peru; Cocamas; Jesuits; CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::TEOLOGIA

The aim of this dissertation is to propose an analysis of the relationship between the cocamas, settled in the Peruvian Amazon, and Jesuits missionaries in the XVII century, unfolding a universe marked by continuous transformations and by flexibility in their relations. Our purpose was to deconstruct the static and bipolar conception that has underlain cultural approaches along the years. The framework for this study was based on the documentation produced by Company of Jesus missionaries, official authorities from XVI, XVII and XVIII centuries and several fields of knowledge such as Anthropology, Archeology and Linguistics. Throughout our investigation, we focused on ethnical conflicts between the Cocama and other peoples from Ucayali and Huallaga, missionaries and colonizers. We also studied the communication process between the ethnics and the Jesuits, the alliances established between ethnics, colonization agents and missionaries, and finally, the influence and consequences of European contact to that indigenous nation. We found out that the fair relationship shared by the Indians and missionaries resulted from a number of cultural adjustments and concessions on both sides that allowed not only the Indians to remain in the reduction system, but also guaranteed the continuance of the missionary project with the cocamas. Considering the above, we realized that, during the history of contacts between the Cocama and Jesuits, the former can t be said to have been passive before the Spanish s desire of spiritual conquest. Otherwise, the Indians proposed negotiations and alliances that would favor them. These factors evidenced that missionaries had also met the Indians expectations, resulting in a relationship that held as priority social interchange and mobility within the context of Jesuits missions