The Paraguay Reader

History, Culture, Politics

By: Peter Lambert (Editor), Andrew Nickson (Editor)

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Hardcover | 31 December 2012

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Hemmed in by the vast, arid Chaco to the west and, for most of its history, impenetrable jungles to the east, Paraguay has been defined largely by its isolation. Partly as a result, there has been a dearth of serious scholarship or journalism about the country. Going a long way toward redressing this lack of information and analysis, The Paraguay Reader

is a lively compilation of testimonies, journalism, scholarship, political tracts, literature, and illustrations, including maps, photographs, paintings, drawings, and advertisements. Taken together, the anthology's many selections convey the country's extraordinarily rich history and cultural heritage, as well as the realities of its struggles against underdevelopment, foreign intervention, poverty, inequality, and authoritarianism.

Most of the Reader is arranged chronologically. Weighted toward the twentieth century and early twenty-first, it nevertheless gives due attention to major events in Paraguay's history, such as the Triple Alliance War (1864&;70) and the Chaco War (1932&;35). The Reader's final section, focused on national identity and culture, addresses matters including ethnicity, language, and gender. Most of the selections are by Paraguayans, and many of the pieces appear in English for the first time. Helpful introductions by the editors precede each of the book's sections and all of the selected texts.

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"The Paraguay Reader will become the most obvious starting point for both Latin Americanists and non-specialists wanting to learn about Paraguay, one of the least known, studied, or understood countries in South America. This anthology gives readers access, for the first time, to a well-chosen selection of texts representing the country's history, culture, and politics. The materials are impeccably organized, and the introductions are clear, informative, and thought-provoking." - Will Fowler, author of Latin America since 1780 "This book fills an enormous gap in knowledge about Paraguay and will be a standard reference on the country for many years to come."--Ticio Escobar, Minister of Culture, Paraguay, August 15, 2008, to June 22, 2012

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List of Illustrations	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
The Birth of Paraguay	p. 11
The Foundation of Human Speech	p. 15
Contact, Servitude, and Resistance	p. 21
Spanish-Guaraní Relations in Early Colonial Paraguay	p. 28
The Land-without-Evil	p. 32
The Republic of Plato and the Guaraní	p. 37
A Vanished Arcadia	p. 41
The Revolt of the Comuneros	p. 46
The Nationalist Experiment	p. 53
A Report on Paraguay in the London Press of 1824, Anonymous	p. 55
A Nation Held Hostage	p. 60
In Defense of Doctor Francia	p. 65
Autonomy, Authoritarianism, and Development	p. 70
The Treaty of the Triple Alliance	p. 75
"I Die with My Country!,"	p. 82
A Chronicle of War	p. 90
The Lomas Valentinas Note	p. 96
Memoirs of the Paraguayan War	p. 99
The Women of Piribebuy	p. 104
The Death of López at Cerro Corá	p. 108
Sufferings of a French Lady in Paraguay	p. 113
Declaration and Protest	p. 118
The Psychology of López	p. 125
A Slow Recovery	p. 129
Paraguayan Society in the Postwar Decade	p. 131
The "Lincolnshire Farmers" in Paraguay	p. 138
My Pilgrimage to Caacupé	p. 143
What It Is Like to Work in the Yerba Plantations	p. 146
The Treatment of Tree Fellers and Timber Workers	p. 153
The Golden Age (Without a Nickel)	p. 159
The Causes of Poverty in Paraguay	p. 163
The Mennonites Arrive in the Chaco	p. 168
The Paraguayan Character	p. 172
The Paraguayan People and Their Natural Tendencies	p. 178
Cultural Exile	p. 184
Profession of Faith	p. 186
A New National Ideology	p. 188
From the Chaco War to the Civil War	p. 193
Capturing Volunteers	p. 195
The Battle of Boquerón	p. 198
Memoirs of a Man from Concepción	p. 203
A Visit to Villa Hayes Military Hospital Number 16	p. 208
Scenes of Thirst	p. 211
A Handful of Earth	p. 213
Proclamation of the Febrerista Revolution	p. 216
How Beautiful Is Your Voice	p. 220
The Revolution of 1947	p. 228
A Half Hour in My Childhood	p. 232
Dictatorship and Resistance	p. 235
Toward a Weberian Characterization of the Stroessner Regime	p. 239
The Revolutionary Spirit of the Colorado Party	p. 244
The Tragedy of Fram	p. 248
Be Careful, Dictator	p. 253
The Worm inside the Lotus Blossom	p. 255
A Short History of the Northern Ache People	p. 261
The Testimony of Saturnina Almada	p. 270
An Interview with Corsino Coronel	p. 275
Apocalypse	p. 281
My Farewell Speech	p. 290
The Death of Somoza	p. 294
My Vote Is for the People	p. 298
Paraguay's Terror Archive	p. 300
"A Hundred and Eight" and a Burned Body	p. 305
The Final Report of the Truth and Justice Commission	p. 309
Alfredo Stroessner: Revisiting the General	p. 314
A Transition in Search of Democracy	p. 321
We Have Left Our Barracks	p. 325
Reestablishing the Status Quo	p. 326
My Deepest Respects to the Colorado Party	p. 331
The Characteristics of Oviedismo	p. 334
In Homage to the Victims of Ycuá Bolaños	p. 338
Where Are They?	p. 341
The Ayoreo People	p. 342
So Much Exoticism Can Be Deceptive	p. 348
Inaugural Presidential Speech, Fernando Lugo Méndez	p. 350
First Person: Margarita Mbywangi	p. 355
Lessons on Paternity from Lugo	p. 357
Itaipu: A Historic Achievement That Will Need to Be Closely Monitored	p. 362
A Fine Woman	p. 367
Ciudad del Este's Deadly Trade Route	p. 370
The Challenge of Conserving a Natural Chaco Habitat in the Face of Severe Deforestation Pressure and Human Development Needs	p. 376
What Does It Mean to Be Paraguayan?	p. 383
History, Identity, and Paraguayidad	p. 385
Change and Continuity in Paraguayan History-1811, 1911, 2011	p. 394
The Arcadian Tragedy	p. 400
The Bicentenary of Paraguayan Independence and the Guaraní Language	p. 404
People of African Descent in Paraguay	p. 410
Authoritarian Ideology: Final Comments	p. 417
With the Help of Doña Petrona We Make an Incursion into Folk Cuisine	p. 420
Enough of the Triple Alliance!	p. 422
Tereré as a Social Bond	p. 426
The Status of Women	p. 433
Self-Portrait	p. 437
Maria and the Serpent	p. 443
Erico	p. 446
Recipe for Chipa Guazú	p. 449
The National Anthem in Guaraní	p. 450
Epilogue: The Impeachment of President Fernando Lugo	p. 451
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 457
Acknowledgment of Copyright and Sources	p. 463
Index	p. 471
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