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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788383803321

Autore

Lopenzina Drew

Titolo

Red ink [[electronic resource] ] : native Americans picking up the pen in the colonial period / / Drew Lopenzina

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : SUNY Press, c2012

ISBN

1-4619-0452-8

1-4384-3980-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (414 p.)

Collana

Native traces

Disciplina

810.9/897

Soggetti

American literature - Indian authors - History and criticism

American literature - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - History and criticism

Indians in literature

Indians of North America - Intellectual life

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: surivial writing: contesting the pen and ink work of colonialism -- Wussuckwheke or the painted letter: glimpses of native signification acknowledged and unwitnessed (1492-1643) -- Praying Indians, printing devils: centers of indigeniety within colonial containments (1643-1665) -- King Philip's signature: ascribing Philip's name to land, war and history in native New England (1660-1709) -- Beneath the wave: the maintenance of native tradition in hidden transcripts (1709-1768) -- A tale of two settlements; Mohican, Mohegan and the road to Brotherton (1724-1785) -- Afterword: O' Brotherton where art thou.