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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Main Author: Dunn, Mary (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2016
In: 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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