Captive Selves, Captivating Others : The Politics And Poetics Of Colonial American Captivity Narratives

ISBN-13: 9780813316666 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 280 str.

Pauline Turner Strong

Opis

This book reexamines the Anglo-American literary genre known as the Indian captivity narrative in the context of the complex historical practice of captivity across cultural borders in colonial North America. This detailed and nuanced study of the relationship between practice and representation on the one hand, and identity and alterity on the other. It is an important contribution to cultural studies, American studies, Native American studies, women's studies, and historical anthropology."

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Captivity as Convergent Practice and Selective Tradition 2. Indian Captives, English Captors, 1576–1622 3. Captivity and Hostage-Exchange in Powhatan's Domain, 1607–1624 4. The Politics and Poetics of Captivity in New England, 1620–1682 5. Seduction, Redemption, and the Typification of Captivity, 1675–1707 6. Captive Ethnographers, 1699–1736 7. Captivity and Colonial Structures of Feeling, 1744–1776

O autorze

Pauline Turner Strong