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Religion, Gender, and Kinship in Colonial New France
Lisa J. M. Poirier
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Description for Religion, Gender, and Kinship in Colonial New France
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
The individual and cultural upheavals of early colonial New France were experienced differently by French explorers and settlers, and by Native traditionalists and Catholic converts. However, European invaders and indigenous people alike learned to negotiate the complexities of cross-cultural encounters by reimagining the meaning of kinship. Part micro-history, part biography, Religion, Gender, and Kinship in Colonial New France explores the lives of Etienne Brulé, Joseph Chihoatenhwa, Thérèse Oionhaton, and Marie Rollet Hébert as they created new religious orientations in order to survive the challenges of early seventeenth-century New France. Poirier examines how each successfully adapted their religious and cultural identities ... Read more
The individual and cultural upheavals of early colonial New France were experienced differently by French explorers and settlers, and by Native traditionalists and Catholic converts. However, European invaders and indigenous people alike learned to negotiate the complexities of cross-cultural encounters by reimagining the meaning of kinship. Part micro-history, part biography, Religion, Gender, and Kinship in Colonial New France explores the lives of Etienne Brulé, Joseph Chihoatenhwa, Thérèse Oionhaton, and Marie Rollet Hébert as they created new religious orientations in order to survive the challenges of early seventeenth-century New France. Poirier examines how each successfully adapted their religious and cultural identities ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815634737
SKU
V9780815634737
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About Lisa J. M. Poirier
Lisa J. M. Poirier is assistant professor in the Department of Religious Studies at DePaul University.
Reviews for Religion, Gender, and Kinship in Colonial New France
“The book is an in-depth study of four persons who were emblematic in this complex, violent, and creative history of cultural contestation. It is an ambitious and engaging study of colonial documents (records of both explorers and missionaries) within which Poirierreveals the voices of historically muted Wendat peoples. She is not simply reading between the lines, but also ‘against the ... Read more