Masters and students: Jesuit Mission ethnography in seventeenth-century New France

Introduction : Jesuit mission ethnography -- Amerindian languages and the beginning of the Jesuit mission to New France -- Very rich and very poor : Jesuit missionary linguistics in New France -- Religious conversion and Amerindian cruelty in the Jesuit Relations -- Messou the great restorer : quest...

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Main Author: True, Micah 1981- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Montreal [u.a.] McGill-Queen's Univ. Press [2015]
In:Year: 2015
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B New France / Jesuits / Mission (international law / History 1600-1700
B New France / Jesuits / Indians / Race relations / History 1600-1700
IxTheo Classification:KDB Roman Catholic Church
Further subjects:B Indians of North America (Canada) History 17th century
B Indians of North America Missions (Canada) History 17th century
B Canada History To 1763 (New France)
B Jesuits Missions (Canada) History 17th century
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Summary:Introduction : Jesuit mission ethnography -- Amerindian languages and the beginning of the Jesuit mission to New France -- Very rich and very poor : Jesuit missionary linguistics in New France -- Religious conversion and Amerindian cruelty in the Jesuit Relations -- Messou the great restorer : questioning Montagnais religious knowledge -- Travelling texts : toward a decentred reading of Jesuit mission ethnography -- The end(s) of Jesuit mission ethnography
Item Description:Literaturverz.: S. [223] - 236
ISBN:0773545131