Lindman / Tarter A Centre of Wonders

The Body in Early America
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-5017-1763-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 0 - No protection

E-Book, Englisch, 296 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

Images of bodies and bodily practices abound in early America: from spirit possession, Fasting Days, and infanticide to running the gauntlet, going 'naked as a sign,' flogging, bundling, and scalping. All have implications for the study of gender, sexuality, masculinity, illness, the 'body politic,' spirituality, race, and slavery. The first book devoted solely to the history and theory of the body in early American cultural studies brings together authors representing diverse academic disciplines.Drawing on a wide range of archival sources-including itinerant ministers' journals, Revolutionary tracts and broadsides, advice manuals, and household inventories-they approach the theoretical analysis of the body in exciting new ways. A Centre of Wonders covers such varied topics as dance and movement among Native Americans; invading witch bodies in architecture and household spaces; rituals of baptism, conversion, and church discipline; eighteenth-century women's journaling; and the body as a rhetorical device in the language of diplomacy.

LindmanJanet Moore:
Janet Moore Lindman is Associate Professor of History at Rowan University.TarterMichele Lise:
Michele Lise Tarter is Assistant Professor of English at The College of New Jersey.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lindman, Janet Moore

Tarter, Michele Lise

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

LindmanJanet Moore:
Janet Moore Lindman is Associate Professor of History at Rowan University.TarterMichele Lise:
Michele Lise Tarter is Assistant Professor of English at The College of New Jersey.