Resumen

CONTRERAS CRUCES, Hugo. Robos, juegos y borracheras de indios: Sociedad indígena y representaciones españolas tempranas en Chile central, 1540-1560. Mem. am. [online]. 2016, n.24-2, pp.39-57. ISSN 1851-3751.

This article studies the representations that Spanish colonizers of Chile, specifically Cabildo de Santiago members and encomenderos, built on indigenous from the central region of the kingdom during the first twenty years of European setlement. Such representations, regarding indigenous peoples lack of willingness to accept Christianity opting to persist in their ancient rites, the alleged Indian poverty and incapability to produce surplus and their inherent violence, translated in the carrying of cold weapons, fed from their reductions and theft of mineral wealth, did not remain only in the generation of negative imagery; in fact they led both the Cabildo and the governors to make decisions that directly infuenced the creation of the Chilean colonial society, crossed by Castilian claims of building a structured, Christian social order.

Palabras clave : Social representations; Indians; Central Chile; Drunkness.

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