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

• Autore: Blackburn Carole <1963->
• Pubblicazione: Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2000
• Descrizione fisica: x, 173 p., [6] p. of plates : ill., maps, port. ; ; 24 cm
• Disciplina: 266/.2714
• Soggetto topico: Indians of North America - Missions - Quebec (Province) - History - 17th century; Wyandot Indians - Missions - Quebec (Province) - History - 17th century; Montagnais Indians - Missions - History - 17th century; Indians of North America - Colonization - Quebec (Province) - History - 17th century; Acculturation - Quebec (Province) - History - 17th century; Jesuites - Missions - Quebec (Province) - Histoire - 17e siecle; Indiens d'amerique - Missions - Quebec (Province) - Histoire - 16e siecle
• Soggetto geografico: Quebec (Province) Ethnic relations
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Harvest of souls
• ISBN: 1-282-85859-9; 9786612858598; 0-7735-6840-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827834803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; ; 22.