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- catalog abstract ""Focusing on New England missionary settlements from the mid-seventeenth to the early nineteenth century, Hilary E. Wyss examines the ways in which Native American converts to Christianity developed their own distinct identity within the context of a colonial culture.". "With an approach that weaves together literature, religious studies, and ethnohistory, Wyss grounds her work in the analysis of a rarely read body of "autobiographical" writings by Christian Indians, including letters, journal entries, and religious confessions. She then juxtaposes these documents to the writings of better-known Native Americans such as Samson Occom as well as to the published works of Anglo-Americans, such as Mary Rowlandson's famous captivity narrative and Eleazor Wheelock's accounts of his charity schools.". "In their search for ostensibly "authentic" Native voices, scholars have tended to overlook the writings of Christian Indians. Yet, Wyss argues, these texts reveal the emergence of a dynamic Native American identity through Christianity. More specifically, they show how the active appropriation of New England Protestantism contributed to the formation of a particular Indian identity that resisted colonialism by using its language against itself."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b12045458.
- catalog coverage "New England In literature.".
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""Focusing on New England missionary settlements from the mid-seventeenth to the early nineteenth century, Hilary E. Wyss examines the ways in which Native American converts to Christianity developed their own distinct identity within the context of a colonial culture.".".
- catalog description ""In their search for ostensibly "authentic" Native voices, scholars have tended to overlook the writings of Christian Indians. Yet, Wyss argues, these texts reveal the emergence of a dynamic Native American identity through Christianity. More specifically, they show how the active appropriation of New England Protestantism contributed to the formation of a particular Indian identity that resisted colonialism by using its language against itself."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description ""With an approach that weaves together literature, religious studies, and ethnohistory, Wyss grounds her work in the analysis of a rarely read body of "autobiographical" writings by Christian Indians, including letters, journal entries, and religious confessions. She then juxtaposes these documents to the writings of better-known Native Americans such as Samson Occom as well as to the published works of Anglo-Americans, such as Mary Rowlandson's famous captivity narrative and Eleazor Wheelock's accounts of his charity schools.".".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-202) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: Writing in the margins: Christian Indian identity, 1643-1829 -- Literacy, captivity, and redemption: the Christian Indians of King Philip's War -- "Things that do accompany salvation": Indian converts, transculturation, and reculturation -- Captivity and Christianity: Stockbridge, new Stockbridge, and the place of history -- "One head, one heart, and one blood": Christian community and native identity at Brotherton -- Epilogue: A son of the forest and a preacher of the Gospel: narratives of captivity and conversion.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 207 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Writing Indians.".
- catalog identifier "155849264X (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Writing Indians.".
- catalog isPartOf "Native Americans of the Northeast".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press,".
- catalog relation "Writing Indians.".
- catalog spatial "New England In literature.".
- catalog spatial "New England".
- catalog spatial "New England.".
- catalog subject "810.9/897 21".
- catalog subject "American literature Indian authors History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "American literature New England History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Autobiography.".
- catalog subject "Christian converts New England Biography History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Christianity and literature New England History.".
- catalog subject "Indians in literature.".
- catalog subject "Indians of North America Missions New England.".
- catalog subject "Indians of North America New England Biography History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Indians of North America New England Intellectual life.".
- catalog subject "Literacy New England History.".
- catalog subject "PS153.I52 W95 2000".
- catalog subject "Religion in literature.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: Writing in the margins: Christian Indian identity, 1643-1829 -- Literacy, captivity, and redemption: the Christian Indians of King Philip's War -- "Things that do accompany salvation": Indian converts, transculturation, and reculturation -- Captivity and Christianity: Stockbridge, new Stockbridge, and the place of history -- "One head, one heart, and one blood": Christian community and native identity at Brotherton -- Epilogue: A son of the forest and a preacher of the Gospel: narratives of captivity and conversion.".
- catalog title "Writing Indians : literacy, Christianity, and native community in early America / Hilary E. Wyss.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".