Captive selves, captivating others the politics and poetics of colonial American captivity narratives
Strong Pauline Turner1999
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Subject: This book reexamines the Anglo-American literary genre known as the "Indian captivity narrative" in the context of the complex hisotircal practice of captivity across cultural borders in colonial North America. More familiar captivity narratives such as that of Capt. John Smith appear in ane light when read alongside less-familiar sotires of captivity, particularly those concerning Native Americans captured by British explorers and colonists.
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Imprint:
US 1999 Westview Press
Collation:
261p
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ISBN:
0813316650
Dewey class:
HI.3.04STR
Local class:
HI.3.04/STR
Language:
English
BRN:
1840082