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Red ink : Native Americans picking up the pen in the colonial period /

"Reexamines the writings of early Indigenous authors in the northeastern United States. The Native peoples of colonial New England were quick to grasp the practical functions of Western literacy. Their written literary output was composed to suit their own needs and expressed views often in res...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lopenzina, Drew
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2012.
Colección:Native traces.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: surivial writing: contesting the pen and ink work of colonialism
  • Wussuckwheke or the painted letter: glimpses of Native signification acknowledged and unwitnessed (1492-1643)
  • Praying Indians, printing devils: centers of Indigeniety within colonial containments (1643-1665)
  • King Philip's signature: ascribing Philip's name to land, war and history in Native New England (1660-1709)
  • Beneath the wave: the maintenance of Native tradition in hidden transcripts (1709-1768)
  • A tale of two settlements; Mohican, Mohegan and the road to Brotherton (1724-1785)
  • Afterword: O' Brotherton where art thou.