Dissenting bodies : corporealities in early New England / Martha L. Finch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Finch, Martha L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human body--Social aspects--Massachusetts--History--17th century.

Human body.

Human body--Massachusetts--Religious aspects--History--17th century.

Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony)--Social life and customs.

Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony).

British Americans--Massachusetts--History--17th century.

British Americans.

Protestants--Massachusetts--History--17th century.

Protestants.

Community life--Massachusetts--History--17th century.

Community life.

Race relations.

History.

Manners and customs.

Human body--Social aspects.

Massachusetts--History--New Plymouth, 1620-1691.

Massachusetts.

Massachusetts--Social life and customs--17th century.

Massachusetts--Religious life and customs.

Massachusetts--Race relations--History--17th century.

Physical Description:

xiv, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2010]

Contents:

Introduction: embodying godliness

Massasoit's stool and Wituwamat's head : body encounters

A banquet in the wilderness : bodies and the environment

As on a hill : public bodies

The true and visible church : the body of Christ

As in a mirror : domestic bodies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780231139465

0231139462

9780231511384

0231511388

OCLC:

320799232