LEADER 04449oam 2200745Ia 450 001 9910779118503321 005 20231204174430.0 010 $a0-231-51138-8 024 7 $a10.7312/finc13946 035 $a(CKB)2550000000105177 035 $a(EBL)908447 035 $a(OCoLC)818855962 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000720425 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12328515 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000720425 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10668061 035 $a(PQKB)10571954 035 $a(DE-B1597)458847 035 $a(OCoLC)1013953039 035 $a(OCoLC)979831921 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231511384 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL908447 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10580066 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL853712 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC908447 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000105177 100 $a20090430h20102010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDissenting bodies $ecorporealities in early New England /$fMartha L. Finch 210 1$aNew York :$cColumbia University Press,$d2010. 210 4$dİ2010 215 $a1 online resource (xiv, 274 pages) $cillustrations, maps 311 0 $a0-231-13946-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [217]-259) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tList of Illustrations --$tPreface --$tIntroduction: Embodying Godliness --$t1. Massasoit's Stool and Wituwamat's Head: Body Encounters --$t2. A Banquet in the Wilderness: Bodies and the Environment --$t3. As on a Hill: Public Bodies --$t4. The True and Visible Church: The Body of Christ --$t5. As in a Mirror: Domestic Bodies --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aFor 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. 606 $aHuman body$xSocial aspects$zMassachusetts$xHistory$y17th century 606 $aHuman body$zMassachusetts$xReligious aspects$xHistory$y17th century 606 $aPilgrims (New Plymouth Colony)$xSocial life and customs 606 $aBritish Americans$zMassachusetts$xHistory$y17th century 606 $aProtestants$zMassachusetts$xHistory$y17th century 606 $aCommunity life$zMassachusetts$xHistory$y17th century 607 $aMassachusetts$xHistory$yNew Plymouth, 1620-1691 607 $aMassachusetts$xSocial life and customs$y17th century 607 $aMassachusetts$xReligious life and customs 607 $aMassachusetts$xRace relations$xHistory$y17th century 615 0$aHuman body$xSocial aspects$xHistory 615 0$aHuman body$xReligious aspects$xHistory 615 0$aPilgrims (New Plymouth Colony)$xSocial life and customs. 615 0$aBritish Americans$xHistory 615 0$aProtestants$xHistory 615 0$aCommunity life$xHistory 676 $a974.4/02 700 $aFinch$b Martha L$01016754 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779118503321 996 $aDissenting bodies$93766736 997 $aUNINA