Record Nr.

UNINA9910827834803321

Autore

Blackburn Carole <1963->

Titolo

Harvest of souls : the Jesuit missions and colonialism in North America, 1632-1650 / / Carole Blackburn

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Montréal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2000

ISBN

1-282-85859-9

9786612858598

0-7735-6840-9

Descrizione fisica

x, 173 p., [6] p. of plates : ill., maps, port. ; ; 24 cm

Collana

McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; ; 22

Disciplina

266/.2714

Soggetti

Indians of North America - Missions - Québec (Province) - History - 17th century

Wyandot Indians - Missions - Québec (Province) - History - 17th century

Montagnais Indians - Missions - History - 17th century

Indians of North America - Colonization - Québec (Province) - History - 17th century

Acculturation - Québec (Province) - History - 17th century

Jésuites - Missions - Québec (Province) - Histoire - 17e siècle

Indiens d'amérique - Missions - Quebec (Province) - Histoire - 16e siècle

Québec (Province) Ethnic relations

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 (p. [157]-167) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments ix -- Illustrations xi -- 1 Introduction 3 -- z Jesuit Beginnings in New France zi -- 3 The Wilderness 42 -- 4 Law and Order 70 -- 5 Conversion and Conquest lo5 -- Conclusion 129 -- Notes 141 -- References 157 -- Index 169.

Sommario/riassunto

By combining textual analysis with an ethnographic study of the Jesuits Blackburn is able to reveal the gap between the domineering language of the Relations and the limited authority that the Jesuits were able to exercise over Native people, who actively challenged much of what the Jesuits tried to do and say. She highlights the struggle between the Jesuits and Natives over the meaning of Christianity. The Jesuits'

attempted to convey their Christian message through Native languages and cultural idioms. Blackburn shows that this resulted in the displacement of much of the content of the message and demonstrates that the Native people's acts of resistance took up and transformed aspects of the Jesuits' teachings in ways that subverted their authority. Harvest of Souls is essential for all those interested in new approaches to historical and contemporary relations between Europeans and Native peoples in North America.