Harvest of souls : the Jesuit missions and colonialism in North America, 1632-1650 / Carole Blackburn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blackburn, Carole, 1963-

Series:

McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 22.

McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 22

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesuits--Missions--Quebec (Province)--History--17th century.

Jesuits.

Indians of North America--Missions--Quebec (Province)--History--17th century.

Indians of North America.

Wyandot Indians--Missions--Quebec (Province)--History--17th century.

Wyandot Indians.

Montagnais Indians--Missions--History--17th century.

Montagnais Indians.

Indians of North America--Colonization--Quebec (Province)--History--17th century.

Acculturation--Quebec (Province)--History--17th century.

Acculturation.

Québec (Province)--Ethnic relations.

Québec (Province).

Physical Description:

x, 173 p., [6] p. of plates : ill., maps, port. ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

By combining textual analysis with an ethnographic study of the Jesuits Blackburn is able to reveal the gap between the domineering language of the Relations and the limited authority that the Jesuits were able to exercise over Native people, who actively challenged much of what the Jesuits tried to do and say. She highlights the struggle between the Jesuits and Natives over the meaning of Christianity. The Jesuits' attempted to convey their Christian message through Native languages and cultural idioms. Blackburn shows that this resulted in the displacement of much of the content of the message and demonstrates that the Native people's acts of resistance took up and transformed aspects of the Jesuits' teachings in ways that subverted their authority. Harvest of Souls is essential for all those interested in new approaches to historical and contemporary relations between Europeans and Native peoples in North America.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments ix

Illustrations xi

1 Introduction 3

z Jesuit Beginnings in New France zi

3 The Wilderness 42

4 Law and Order 70

5 Conversion and Conquest lo5

Conclusion 129

Notes 141

References 157

Index 169.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-167) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-85859-9

9786612858598

0-7735-6840-9

OCLC:

929121179