The Jesuit Republic and Brother Care in "The Mission": An Allegory of the Conquest

Autor/in	Vest, Jay Hansford C.
Titel	The Jesuit Republic and Brother Care in "The Mission": An Allegory of the Conquest
Quelle	In: American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 29 (2005) 3, S.25-57 (33 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0161-6463
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Films; Figurative Language; Religion; American Indians; History; Catholics; Criticism + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Film; American Indian; Indianer; Geschichte; Geschichtsdarstellung; Katholik; Kritik
Abstract	"The Mission" is an award-winning film that presents an allegorical treatment of colonial drama in the Americas. Depicting the fabled "Jesuit Republic," the film dramatizes historical events that span a period of more than 150 years, from 1610 to 1768. In scope and deed these events bear much that is relevant to the invasion and conquest of the Americas. It frames the narrative in allegorical sense of "brother care" or "neighbor love" that constitutes the "agape" doctrine of the synoptic Gospels. In this article, the author proposes to give attention to the archaelogy of the film. By "archaelogy", he suggests the foundations, both historical and imagined, in the filmmaker's craft. Film cannot be judged against the complexities that govern traditional historical analysis and presentation. The author presents a historical sketch of the "Jesuit Republic" and a critical analysis of the film. (Contains 137 notes.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10