De la indiferencia entre lo temporal y lo eterno: Élites indígenas, cultura textual y memoria en las fronteras de América del Sur

Abstract In this article we analyze the indigenous textual culture of the Jesuit-Guarani missions and explore the applicability of a distinction - established in the literature of linguistics - between ‘temporal’ (secular) and ‘eternal’ (religious) writings. First, we propose a typology of missionary textual culture based on the different spaces used by the indigenous elite such as thecabildoand confraternities. Second, we analyze three groups of sources: spiritual literature in the Guarani language, letters from municipal authorities in thereducciones, and historical texts produced by...