Damned women : sinners and witches in Puritan New England /

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In her analysis of the cultural construction of gender in early America, Elizabeth Reis explores the intersection of Puritan theology, Puritan evaluations of womanhood, and the Salem witchcraft episodes. She finds in that intersection the basis for understanding why women were accused of witchcraft...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Reis, Elizabeth, 1958-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1997.
Subjects:
1600-1699
Women > New England > History > 17th century.
Women > New England > Social conditions.
Women > Religious life > New England.
Puritans > New England > History.
Witchcraft > New England > History > 17th century.
Femmes > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Femmes > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Conditions sociales.
Femmes > Vie religieuse > Nouvelle-Angleterre.
Puritains > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
Puritans.
Witchcraft.
Women.
Women > Religious life.
Women > Social conditions.
Frau
Hexe
Puritanismus
Sünde
Vrouwen.
Puriteinen.
Hekserij.
Puritans > New England > History > 17th century.
Geschichte 1600-1700.
New England.
Neuengland
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Puritan Women and the Discourse of Depravity
  • 1. Women's Sinful Natures and Men's Natural Sins
  • 2. Popular and Ministerial Visions of Satan
  • 3. The Devil, the Body, and the Feminine Soul
  • 4. Gender and the Meanings of Confession
  • 5. Satan Dispossessed
  • Epilogue: Gender, Faith, and "Young Goodman Brown."

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