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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819733303321

Autore

Voigt Lisa

Titolo

Writing captivity in the early modern Atlantic : circulations of knowledge and authority in the Iberian and English imperial worlds / / Lisa Voigt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Chapel Hill, North Carolina] : , : The University of North Carolina Press, , 2009

©2009

ISBN

979-88-908831-5-5

0-8078-3878-0

0-8078-3874-8

1-4696-0028-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (352 p.)

Collana

Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia

Disciplina

305.80097

Soggetti

Captivity narratives - America

Europeans - America - Ethnic identity - Historiography

Intercultural communication - America - Historiography

Authority in literature

America Ethnic relations History To 1500 Historiography

America Ethnic relations History 16th century Historiography

America Church history Historiography

Spain Colonies America Historiography

Portugal Colonies America Historiography

Great Britain Colonies America Historiography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Illustrations; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE: The "True History" of Captivity Narratives in the Iberian Empires; CHAPTER TWO: Captivity, Exile, and Interpretation in el Inca Garcilaso de la Vega's La Florida del Inca; CHAPTER THREE: The Captive Subject and the Creole Author in Francisco Núñez de Pineda y Bascuñán's Cautiverio feliz y razón individual de las guerras dilatadas del reino de Chile; CHAPTER FOUR: Writing Home: The Captive Hero in



José de Santa Rita Durão's Caramuru

CHAPTER FIVE: "An English Harvest of Spanish and Portugall Seede": Captives and Captured Texts in English New World WritingConclusion: Comparative Crossings; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing on texts written by and about European and Euro-American captives in a variety of languages and genres, this book explores the role of captivity in the production of knowledge, identity, and authority in the early modern imperial world. The practice of captivity attests to the violence that infused relations between peoples of different faiths and cultures in an age of extraordinary religious divisiveness and imperial ambitions.