Possible pasts : becoming colonial in early America /
Possible pasts : becoming colonial in early America /
edited by Robert Blair St. George.
- 1 online resource (xii, 417 pages) : illustrations, map
- Cornell paperbacks .
- Cornell paperbacks. .
Based on papers presented at a conference held in June 1994 at the University of Pennsylvania, sponsored by the McNeil Center for Early American Studies and the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Postcolonial theory and early America : an approach from the Caribbean / Peter Hulme -- What's colonial about colonial America? / Michael Warner -- The native translator as critic : a Nahua playwright's interpretive practice / Louise M. Burkhart -- Dissent and the frontier of translation : Roger William's A key into the language of America / Anne G. Myles -- The Inca's witches : gender and the cultural work of colonization in seventeenth-century Peru / Irene Silverblatt -- Mestizo dreams : transculturation and heterogeneity in Inca Garcilaso de la Vega / José Antonio Mazzotti -- From "religion and society" to practices : the new religious history / David D. Hall -- What did Christianity do for Joseph Johnson? : a Mohegan preacher and his community / Laura J. Murray -- War, the state, and religious norms in "Coromantee" thought : the ideology of an African American nation / John K. Thornton -- Consolidating national masculinity : scientific discourse and race in the post-revolutionary United States / Dana D. Nelson -- Secret selves, credible personas : the problematics of trust and public display in the writing of eighteenth-century Philadelphia merchants / Toby L. Ditz -- Black gothic : the shadowy origins of the American bourgeoisie / Carroll Smith-Rosenberg -- Bodies of illusion : portraits, people, and the construction of memory / Margaretta M. Lovell -- A criminal is being beaten : the politics of punishment and the history of the body / Michael Meranze -- Massacred language : courtroom performance in eighteenth-century Boston / Robert Blair St. George -- "Neither male nor female" : Jemima Wilkinson and the politics of gender in post-revolutionary America / Susan Juster -- The genders of nationalism : patriotic violence, patriotic sentiment in the performances of Deborah Sampson Gannettt / Sandra M. Gustafson.
Possible Pasts represents a landmark in early American studies, bringing to that field the theoretical richness and innovative potential of the scholarship on colonial discourse and postcolonial theory. Drawing on the methods and interpretive insights of history, anthropology, history of art, folklore, and textual analysis, its authors explore the cultural processes by which individuals and societies become colonial. Rather than define early America in terms of conventional geographical, chronological, or subdisciplinary boundaries, their essays span landscapes from New England to Peru, time periods from the sixteenth to the mid-nineteenth century, and topics from religion to race and novels to nationalism. In his introduction Robert Blair St. George offers an overview of the genealogy of ideas and key terms appearing in the book. Part I, "Interrogating America," then challenges readers to rethink the meaning of "early America" and its relation to postcolonial theory. In Part II, "Translation and Transculturation," essays explore how both Europeans and native peoples viewed such concepts as dissent, witchcraft, family piety, and race. The construction of individual identity and agency in Philadelphia is the focus of Part III, "Shaping Subjectivities." Finally, Part IV, "Oral Performance and Personal Power," considers the ways in which political authority and gendered resistance were established in early America
9781501717864 (electronic bk.) 1501717863 (electronic bk.)
22573/ctv1krt2v JSTOR
To 1810
Culture diffusion--History--America--Congresses.
Culture conflict--History--America--Congresses.
Intercultural communication--History--America--Congresses.
Acculturation--History--America--Congresses.
Culture diffusion--History--Congresses.--America
Acculturation--History--Congresses.--America
Diffusion culturelle--Histoire--Congrès.--Amérique
Conflit culturel--Histoire--Congrès.--Amérique
Communication interculturelle--Histoire--Amérique--Congrès.
Éducation au développement--Histoire--Congrès.--Amérique
Diffusion culturelle--Histoire--Amérique--Congrès.
Conflit culturel--Histoire--Amérique--Congrès.
HISTORY--State & Local--General.--United States
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Colonialism & Post-Colonialism.
Acculturation.
Colonization--Historiography.
Colonization--Social aspects.
Culture conflict.
Culture diffusion.
Intercultural communication.
Kulturkontakt
Kolonialismus
Kulturkonflikt
Kolonialisme.
Identiteit.
Cultuur.
America--Colonization--Historiography--Congresses.
America--Colonization--Social aspects--Congresses.
United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Congresses.
America--History--To 1810--Congresses.
America--Colonization--Historiography--Congresses.
America--Colonization--Social aspects--Congresses.
United States--History--Congresses.--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
America--History--Congresses.--To 1810
Amérique--Colonisation--Historiographie--Congrès.
Amérique--Colonisation--Aspect social--Congrès.
États-Unis--Histoire--Congrès.--ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale)
Amérique--Histoire--Congrès.--Jusqu'à 1810
Amérique--Colonisation--Historiographie--Congrès.
Amérique--Colonisation--Aspect social--Congrès.
États-Unis--Histoire--ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale)--Congrès.
Amérique--Histoire--Jusqu'à 1810--Congrès.
America.
United States.
Amerika
Pennsylvania <1994>
Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
History.
E101 / .P67 2000eb
973.2
Based on papers presented at a conference held in June 1994 at the University of Pennsylvania, sponsored by the McNeil Center for Early American Studies and the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Postcolonial theory and early America : an approach from the Caribbean / Peter Hulme -- What's colonial about colonial America? / Michael Warner -- The native translator as critic : a Nahua playwright's interpretive practice / Louise M. Burkhart -- Dissent and the frontier of translation : Roger William's A key into the language of America / Anne G. Myles -- The Inca's witches : gender and the cultural work of colonization in seventeenth-century Peru / Irene Silverblatt -- Mestizo dreams : transculturation and heterogeneity in Inca Garcilaso de la Vega / José Antonio Mazzotti -- From "religion and society" to practices : the new religious history / David D. Hall -- What did Christianity do for Joseph Johnson? : a Mohegan preacher and his community / Laura J. Murray -- War, the state, and religious norms in "Coromantee" thought : the ideology of an African American nation / John K. Thornton -- Consolidating national masculinity : scientific discourse and race in the post-revolutionary United States / Dana D. Nelson -- Secret selves, credible personas : the problematics of trust and public display in the writing of eighteenth-century Philadelphia merchants / Toby L. Ditz -- Black gothic : the shadowy origins of the American bourgeoisie / Carroll Smith-Rosenberg -- Bodies of illusion : portraits, people, and the construction of memory / Margaretta M. Lovell -- A criminal is being beaten : the politics of punishment and the history of the body / Michael Meranze -- Massacred language : courtroom performance in eighteenth-century Boston / Robert Blair St. George -- "Neither male nor female" : Jemima Wilkinson and the politics of gender in post-revolutionary America / Susan Juster -- The genders of nationalism : patriotic violence, patriotic sentiment in the performances of Deborah Sampson Gannettt / Sandra M. Gustafson.
Possible Pasts represents a landmark in early American studies, bringing to that field the theoretical richness and innovative potential of the scholarship on colonial discourse and postcolonial theory. Drawing on the methods and interpretive insights of history, anthropology, history of art, folklore, and textual analysis, its authors explore the cultural processes by which individuals and societies become colonial. Rather than define early America in terms of conventional geographical, chronological, or subdisciplinary boundaries, their essays span landscapes from New England to Peru, time periods from the sixteenth to the mid-nineteenth century, and topics from religion to race and novels to nationalism. In his introduction Robert Blair St. George offers an overview of the genealogy of ideas and key terms appearing in the book. Part I, "Interrogating America," then challenges readers to rethink the meaning of "early America" and its relation to postcolonial theory. In Part II, "Translation and Transculturation," essays explore how both Europeans and native peoples viewed such concepts as dissent, witchcraft, family piety, and race. The construction of individual identity and agency in Philadelphia is the focus of Part III, "Shaping Subjectivities." Finally, Part IV, "Oral Performance and Personal Power," considers the ways in which political authority and gendered resistance were established in early America
9781501717864 (electronic bk.) 1501717863 (electronic bk.)
22573/ctv1krt2v JSTOR
To 1810
Culture diffusion--History--America--Congresses.
Culture conflict--History--America--Congresses.
Intercultural communication--History--America--Congresses.
Acculturation--History--America--Congresses.
Culture diffusion--History--Congresses.--America
Acculturation--History--Congresses.--America
Diffusion culturelle--Histoire--Congrès.--Amérique
Conflit culturel--Histoire--Congrès.--Amérique
Communication interculturelle--Histoire--Amérique--Congrès.
Éducation au développement--Histoire--Congrès.--Amérique
Diffusion culturelle--Histoire--Amérique--Congrès.
Conflit culturel--Histoire--Amérique--Congrès.
HISTORY--State & Local--General.--United States
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Colonialism & Post-Colonialism.
Acculturation.
Colonization--Historiography.
Colonization--Social aspects.
Culture conflict.
Culture diffusion.
Intercultural communication.
Kulturkontakt
Kolonialismus
Kulturkonflikt
Kolonialisme.
Identiteit.
Cultuur.
America--Colonization--Historiography--Congresses.
America--Colonization--Social aspects--Congresses.
United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Congresses.
America--History--To 1810--Congresses.
America--Colonization--Historiography--Congresses.
America--Colonization--Social aspects--Congresses.
United States--History--Congresses.--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
America--History--Congresses.--To 1810
Amérique--Colonisation--Historiographie--Congrès.
Amérique--Colonisation--Aspect social--Congrès.
États-Unis--Histoire--Congrès.--ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale)
Amérique--Histoire--Congrès.--Jusqu'à 1810
Amérique--Colonisation--Historiographie--Congrès.
Amérique--Colonisation--Aspect social--Congrès.
États-Unis--Histoire--ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale)--Congrès.
Amérique--Histoire--Jusqu'à 1810--Congrès.
America.
United States.
Amerika
Pennsylvania <1994>
Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
History.
E101 / .P67 2000eb
973.2