04492nam 2200757Ia 450 991045258750332120200520144314.00-231-51138-810.7312/finc13946(CKB)2550000000105177(EBL)908447(OCoLC)818855962(SSID)ssj0000720425(PQKBManifestationID)12328515(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000720425(PQKBWorkID)10668061(PQKB)10571954(MiAaPQ)EBC908447(DE-B1597)458847(OCoLC)1013953039(OCoLC)979831921(DE-B1597)9780231511384(Au-PeEL)EBL908447(CaPaEBR)ebr10580066(CaONFJC)MIL853712(EXLCZ)99255000000010517720090430d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDissenting bodies[electronic resource] corporealities in early New England /Martha L. FinchNew York Columbia University Pressc20101 online resource (291 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-231-13946-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-259) and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction: Embodying Godliness -- 1. Massasoit's Stool and Wituwamat's Head: Body Encounters -- 2. A Banquet in the Wilderness: Bodies and the Environment -- 3. As on a Hill: Public Bodies -- 4. The True and Visible Church: The Body of Christ -- 5. As in a Mirror: Domestic Bodies -- Notes -- IndexFor the Puritan separatists of seventeenth-century New England, "godliness," as manifested by the body, was the sign of election, and the body, with its material demands and metaphorical significance, became the axis upon which all colonial activity and religious meaning turned. Drawing on literature, documents, and critical studies of embodiment as practiced in the New England colonies, Martha L. Finch launches a fascinating investigation into the scientific, theological, and cultural conceptions of corporeality at a pivotal moment in Anglo-Protestant history. Not only were settlers forced to interact bodily with native populations and other "new world" communities, they also fought starvation and illness; were whipped, branded, hanged, and murdered; sang, prayed, and preached; engaged in sexual relations; and were baptized according to their faith. All these activities shaped the colonists' understanding of their existence and the godly principles of their young society. Finch focuses specifically on Plymouth Colony and those who endeavored to make visible what they believed to be God's divine will. Quakers, Indians, and others challenged these beliefs, and the constant struggle to survive, build cohesive communities, and regulate behavior forced further adjustments. Merging theological, medical, and other positions on corporeality with testimonies on colonial life, Finch brilliantly complicates our encounter with early Puritan New England.Human bodySocial aspectsMassachusettsHistory17th centuryHuman bodyMassachusettsReligious aspectsHistory17th centuryPilgrims (New Plymouth Colony)Social life and customsBritish AmericansMassachusettsHistory17th centuryProtestantsMassachusettsHistory17th centuryCommunity lifeMassachusettsHistory17th centuryMassachusettsHistoryNew Plymouth, 1620-1691MassachusettsSocial life and customs17th centuryMassachusettsReligious life and customsMassachusettsRace relationsHistory17th centuryElectronic books.Human bodySocial aspectsHistoryHuman bodyReligious aspectsHistoryPilgrims (New Plymouth Colony)Social life and customs.British AmericansHistoryProtestantsHistoryCommunity lifeHistory974.4/02Finch Martha L1016754MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452587503321Dissenting bodies2490476UNINA