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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.
| List of Maps and Figures | p. ix |
| Chronology of Events, 1576-1776 | p. xi |
| Preface and Acknowledgments | p. xiii |
| A Note on the Text | p. xvii |
| Introduction: Captivity As Convergent Practice and Selective Tradition | p. 1 |
| Identity, Alterity, and the Process of Typification | p. 3 |
| Scholarly Traditions of Captivity | p. 9 |
| The Politics and Poetics of Captivity: An Overview | p. 13 |
| Notes | p. 15 |
| Indian Captives, English Captors, 1576-1622 | p. 19 |
| European Devourers and Their Prey | p. 20 |
| Kidnapping Tokens and Informants: Frobisher's Inuit Captives | p. 23 |
| Capturing Allies and Enemies: Tisquantum, Alias Squanto | p. 32 |
| Notes | p. 37 |
| Captivity and Hostage-Exchange in Powhatan's Domain, 1607-1624 | p. 43 |
| A Christian for a Savage: The Middle Ground of Hostage-Exchange | p. 43 |
| The Captivity and Transformation of John Smith | p. 48 |
| The Captivity and Typification of Pocahontas | p. 63 |
| Captivity, Conquest, and Resistance | p. 70 |
| Notes | p. 71 |
| The Politics and Poetics of Captivity in New England, 1620-1682 | p. 77 |
| Indigenous and Convergent Captivity Practices | p. 78 |
| Metacom's War, Wetamo's Grievances, and the Captivity of Mary Rowlandson | p. 83 |
| Wilderness Trials: A Gentlewoman's Conversion Narrative | p. 96 |
| Captivity, Servitude, and Authority | p. 103 |
| Notes | p. 106 |
| Seduction, Redemption, and the Typification of Captivity, 1675-1707 | p. 115 |
| To Live Like Heathen: The Two Hannahs | p. 118 |
| Texts Written in Blood: Cotton Mather and the Production of Meaning | p. 128 |
| Redeemed and Unredeemed Captives: John and Eunice Williams | p. 135 |
| Typification, Subordination, and the Limits of Hegemony | p. 143 |
| Notes | p. 145 |
| Captive Ethnographers, 1699-1736 | p. 151 |
| Shared Substance, Shared Light: The Dickinson and Hanson Narratives | p. 152 |
| Manners and Customs: The Transculturated Captive | p. 166 |
| Notes | p. 172 |
| Captivity and Colonial Structures of Feeling, 1744-1776 | p. 177 |
| Providence and Sentiment in the Mid-Eighteenth Century | p. 178 |
| Horrifying Matters of Fact: The Production of Savagery and Heroism | p. 192 |
| Conclusion: The Selective Tradition of Captivity | p. 200 |
| Notes | p. 206 |
| Bibliography of British and British Colonial Captivity Narratives, 1682-1776 | p. 211 |
| References | p. 219 |
| Index | p. 253 |
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ISBN: 9780813316666
ISBN-10: 0813316669
Series: Institutional Structures of Feeling
Audience:
General
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 261
Published: 15th December 2000
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (cm): 22.23 x 15.24
x 1.91
Weight (kg): 0.38
Edition Number: 1
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