04449oam 2200745Ia 450 991082382270332120231204174430.00-231-51138-810.7312/finc13946(CKB)2550000000105177(EBL)908447(OCoLC)818855962(SSID)ssj0000720425(PQKBManifestationID)12328515(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000720425(PQKBWorkID)10668061(PQKB)10571954(DE-B1597)458847(OCoLC)1013953039(OCoLC)979831921(DE-B1597)9780231511384(Au-PeEL)EBL908447(CaPaEBR)ebr10580066(CaONFJC)MIL853712(MiAaPQ)EBC908447(EXLCZ)99255000000010517720090430h20102010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDissenting bodies corporealities in early New England /Martha L. FinchNew York :Columbia University Press,2010.©20101 online resource (xiv, 274 pages) illustrations, maps0-231-13946-2 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 centuryHuman bodySocial aspectsHistoryHuman bodyReligious aspectsHistoryPilgrims (New Plymouth Colony)Social life and customs.British AmericansHistoryProtestantsHistoryCommunity lifeHistory974.4/02Finch Martha L1016754MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823822703321Dissenting bodies4100614UNINA