Ser Guaraní en el noroeste argentino: variantes de la construcción identitaria

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to explore the ways in which the Guarani Indians of northwestern Argentina construct and define their identity and their ethnic borders. Also known as chiriguanos or ava, they arrived in Argentina from southern Bolivia towards the end of the 19th century and in the first decades of the 20th century. They are settled in the provinces of Salta and Jujuy and live in rural, urban and periurban communities, most of them no longer maintain their native language, although there are enclaves where the language is still maintained. The focus of this research is anthropological and comparative, it presents the history of the Guaraní setllement in northwest Argentina and seeks to explore the differences and similarities between the Guaraní communities and their notions of identity.