Neither One Thing Nor the Other: Discursive Polyvalence and Representations of Amerindian Women in the Jesuit Relations
This article confirms what others have argued about the bifurcated representation of Amerindian women in the Jesuit Relations (aggressive, insubordinate, prideful, and licentious on the one hand and docile, obedient, humble, and chaste, on the other) but extends the analysis of gendered discourse at...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2016
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Journal of Jesuit studies
Year: 2016, Volume: 3, Issue: 2, Pages: 179-196 |
IxTheo Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBQ North America KCA Monasticism; religious orders KDB Roman Catholic Church NBE Anthropology |
Further subjects: | B
Jesuit Relations
New France
Canada
Amerindian
indigenous
women
gender
femininity
virile
colonial discourse
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