Captive Selves, Captivating Others : The Politics And Poetics Of Colonial American Captivity Narratives / Pauline Turner Strong.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Strong, Pauline Turner, author.

Series:

Institutional structures of feeling.

Institutional structures of feeling

Institutional Structures of Feeling

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American prose literature--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--History and criticism.

American prose literature.

Indian captivities--Historiography.

Indian captivities.

Captivity narratives--United States.

Captivity narratives.

Politics and literature--United States--History--17th century.

Politics and literature.

Politics and literature--United States--History--18th century.

Narration (Rhetoric)--History--17th century.

Narration (Rhetoric).

Narration (Rhetoric)--History--18th century.

Poetics--History--17th century.

Poetics.

Poetics--History--18th century.

Indians in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 261 p. ) ill., maps ;

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Taylor and Francis, 2018.

Summary:

"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. More familiar captivity narratives such as that of Capt. John Smith appear in a new light when read alongside less-familiar stories of captivity, particularly those concerning Native Americans captured by British explorers and colonists. This detailed and nuanced study of the construction of identity and difference is an important contribution to cultural studies, American studies, Native American studies, women's studies, ethnohistory, and anthropology."--Jacket.

Contents:

Chronology of Events, 1576-1776

Introduction: Captivity As Convergent Practice and Selective Tradition

Identity, Alterity, and the Process of Typification

Scholarly Traditions of Captivity

The Politics and Poetics of Captivity: An Overview

Indian Captives, English Captors, 1576-1622

European Devourers and Their Prey

Kidnapping Tokens and Informants: Frobisher's Inuit Captives

Capturing Allies and Enemies: Tisquantum, Alias Squanto

Captivity and Hostage-Exchange in Powhatan's Domain, 1607-1624

A Christian for a Savage: The Middle Ground of Hostage-Exchange

The Captivity and Transformation of John Smith

The Captivity and Typification of Pocahontas

Captivity, Conquest, and Resistance

The Politics and Poetics of Captivity in New England, 1620-1682

Indigenous and Convergent Captivity Practices

Metacom's War, Wetamo's Grievances, and the Captivity of Mary Rowlandson

Wilderness Trials: A Gentlewoman's Conversion Narrative

Captivity, Servitude, and Authority

Seduction, Redemption, and the Typification of Captivity, 1675-1707

To Live Like Heathen: The Two Hannahs

Texts Written in Blood: Cotton Mather and the Production of Meaning

Redeemed and Unredeemed Captives: John and Eunice Williams

Typification, Subordination, and the Limits of Hegemony

Captive Ethnographers, 1699-1736

Shared Substance, Shared Light: The Dickinson and Hanson Narratives

Manners and Customs: The Transculturated Captive

Captivity and Colonial Structures of Feeling, 1744-1776.

Notes:

"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 America"--Jacket.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-429-98148-1

0-367-31481-9

0-429-50185-4

0-429-97040-4

1-4294-9077-2

9780429501852

OCLC:

1027769787