Allegories of encounter: colonial literacy and Indian captivities

"Presenting an innovative, interdisciplinary approach to colonial America's best-known literary genre, Andrew Newman analyzes depictions of reading, writing, and recollecting texts in Indian captivity narratives. While histories of literacy and colonialism have emphasized the experiences o...

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1. Verfasser: Newman, Andrew 1968- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Williamsburg, Virginia Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture [2019]
Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press [2019]
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Zusammenfassung:"Presenting an innovative, interdisciplinary approach to colonial America's best-known literary genre, Andrew Newman analyzes depictions of reading, writing, and recollecting texts in Indian captivity narratives. While histories of literacy and colonialism have emphasized the experiences of Native Americans, as students in missionary schools or as parties to treacherous treaties, captivity narratives reveal what literacy meant to colonists among Indians. Colonial captives treasured the written word in order to distinguish themselves from their Native captors and to affiliate with their distant cultural communities. Their narratives suggest that Indians recognized this value, sometimes with benevolence: repeatedly, they presented colonists with books"...
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:vi, 222 pages illustrations, maps
ISBN:9781469643458
9781469647647

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