Influence of Jesuit Linguistic Manipulation on Guaraní Gender Norms in Colonial Paraguay

Author

Anna RumpzFollow

Date of Graduation

5-2023

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts

Degree Level

Undergraduate

Department

History

Advisor/Mentor

Austin, Shawn

Committee Member/Reader

Laurence, Hare

Committee Member/Second Reader

Padilla, Yajaira

Committee Member/Third Reader

Strauss, Kim

Committee Member/Fourth Reader

Austin, Shawn

Abstract

Language was just one of the ways that colonizers and natives had to interact in unfamiliar ways post-Columbus. Histories of colonization often emphasize the physically brutal aspects, such as disease, slavery, or warfare, but colonization is a holistically violent process that adversely impacts societies on multiple levels. In particular, this thesis focuses on the link between culture and language, with respect to Jesuit Spanish-Guaraní lexicons, as a framework to understand changes to gender roles and sexuality within the Jesuit missions of the early seventeenth century.

Keywords

language, Guaraní, Jesuits, Paraguay, colonization, gender

Citation

Rumpz, A. (2023). Influence of Jesuit Linguistic Manipulation on Guaraní Gender Norms in Colonial Paraguay. History Undergraduate Honors Theses Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/histuht/11