Wild Frenchmen and Frenchified Indians : material culture and race in colonial Louisiana /

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Based on a range of archival, visual, and material evidence, this book examines perceptions of Indians in French colonial Louisiana and demonstrates that material culture--especially dress--was central to the elaboration of discourses about race.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: White, Sophie
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2012.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Early American studies.
Temas:
1700-1799
Clothing and dress > Social aspects > Louisiana > History > 18th century.
French > Louisiana > History > 18th century.
Indians of North America > Louisiana > History > 18th century.
Material culture > Louisiana > History > 18th century.
Race awareness > Louisiana > History > 18th century.
Français > Louisiane > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Culture matérielle > Louisiane > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Conscience de race > Louisiane > Histoire > 18e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > Colonial Period (1600-1775)
Clothing and dress > Social aspects.
French.
Indians of North America.
Material culture.
Race awareness.
Race relations.
Louisiana > Race relations > History > 18th century.
Louisiane > Relations raciales > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Louisiana.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frenchification in the Illinois country. "Their manner of living"
  • "Nothing of the Sauvage"
  • "One people and one god"
  • Frenchified indians and wild frenchmen in New Orleans. "The first Creole from this colony that we have received": Sister Ste. Marthe and the limits of frenchification
  • "To ensure that he not give himself over to the sauvages": cleanliness, crease, and skin color
  • "We are all sauvages": Frenchmen into Indians
  • Epilogue: "true French."

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