Alfred Métraux y la utopía del Gran Chaco
This article analyzes the importance of the Gran Chaco to ethnologist Alfred Metraux by drawing on his personal letters and correspondence. In light of this biographical context, the article discusses the unrelenting place of the Chaco as an object of ethnological interest for Metraux from his first...
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| description | This article analyzes the importance of the Gran Chaco to ethnologist Alfred Metraux by drawing on his personal letters and correspondence. In light of this biographical context, the article discusses the unrelenting place of the Chaco as an object of ethnological interest for Metraux from his first field trip (1922) to his final ethnographic project (1963), and explores the impact of his relationship with Swedish anthropologist Erland Nordenskiöld. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d06e53355f254f85b2005df6ff489df32022-12-22T04:29:33ZengSociété des américanistesJournal de la Société des Américanistes0037-91741957-78422016-12-01102210.4000/jsa.14826Alfred Métraux y la utopía del Gran ChacoFederico BossertThis article analyzes the importance of the Gran Chaco to ethnologist Alfred Metraux by drawing on his personal letters and correspondence. In light of this biographical context, the article discusses the unrelenting place of the Chaco as an object of ethnological interest for Metraux from his first field trip (1922) to his final ethnographic project (1963), and explores the impact of his relationship with Swedish anthropologist Erland Nordenskiöld.http://journals.openedition.org/jsa/14826ChacoAlfred MétrauxErland Nordenskiöldhistory of anthropology |
| spellingShingle | Federico Bossert Alfred Métraux y la utopía del Gran Chaco Journal de la Société des Américanistes Chaco Alfred Métraux Erland Nordenskiöld history of anthropology |
| title | Alfred Métraux y la utopía del Gran Chaco |
| title_full | Alfred Métraux y la utopía del Gran Chaco |
| title_fullStr | Alfred Métraux y la utopía del Gran Chaco |
| title_full_unstemmed | Alfred Métraux y la utopía del Gran Chaco |
| title_short | Alfred Métraux y la utopía del Gran Chaco |
| title_sort | alfred metraux y la utopia del gran chaco |
| topic | Chaco Alfred Métraux Erland Nordenskiöld history of anthropology |
| url | http://journals.openedition.org/jsa/14826 |
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