Writing captivity in the early modern Atlantic :: circulations of knowledge and authority in the Iberian and English imperial worlds /

Drawing on texts written by and about European and Euro-American captives in a variety of languages and genres, this book explores the role of captivity in the production of knowledge, identity, and authority in the early modern imperial world. The practice of captivity attests to the violence that...

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1. Verfasser: Voigt, Lisa (Associate professor) (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chapel Hill : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, [2009]
Schriftenreihe:Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia.
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Zusammenfassung:Drawing on texts written by and about European and Euro-American captives in a variety of languages and genres, this book explores the role of captivity in the production of knowledge, identity, and authority in the early modern imperial world. The practice of captivity attests to the violence that infused relations between peoples of different faiths and cultures in an age of extraordinary religious divisiveness and imperial ambitions.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (ix, 339 pages) : illustrations
Auszeichnungen:Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize, 2009
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781469600284
1469600285
0807838780
9780807838785
0807838748
9780807838747

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