The Captors' Narrative: Catholic Women and Their Puritan Men on the Early American Frontier
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Between 1690 and 1760, close to two thousand New Englanders were taken captive by French Canadians and their Native American allies during five intercolonial wars. Puritan propagandists reacted by evoking the vulnerability of New England's homes and Protestant faith with images of captive women in sexual peril, a titillating vision only amplified in popular Victorian and modern portrayals of female captives as stock literary figures. In The...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0801477123
ISBN13:9780801477126
Release Date:April 2011
Publisher:Cornell University Press
Length:218 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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