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Andrew Newman

Allegories of Encounter

Colonial Literacy and Indian Captivities

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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 tha… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-1-4696-4764-7
  • EAN: 9781469647647
  • Produktnummer: 27012959
  • Verlag: Omohundro Institute and University of North Caroli
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
  • Seitenangabe: 238 S.
  • Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.6 cm x D1.4 cm 390 g
  • Abbildungen: Paperback
  • Gewicht: 390

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