Religion, Gender, and Kinship in Colonial New France Contributor(s): Poirier, Lisa J. M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0815634730 ISBN-13: 9780815634737 Publisher: Syracuse University Press OUR PRICE: $29.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Canada - Pre-confederation (to 1867) - History | Native American - Social Science | Women's Studies |
Dewey: 971.317 |
LCCN: 2016029451 |
Physical Information: 0.58" H x 6.05" W x 9.1" (0.75 lbs) 248 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Cultural Region - Canadian - Cultural Region - French - Chronological Period - 16th Century - Chronological Period - 17th Century |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The individual and cultural upheavals of early colonial New France were experienced differently by French explorers and settlers, and by Native traditionalists and Catholic converts. However, European invaders and indigenous people alike learned to negotiate the complexities of cross-cultural encounters by reimagining the meaning of kinship. Part micro-history, part biography, Religion, Gender, and Kinship in Colonial New France explores the lives of Etienne Brul , Joseph Chihoatenhwa, Th r se Oionhaton, and Marie Rollet H bert as they created new religious orientations in order to survive the challenges of early seventeenth-century New France. Poirier examines how each successfully adapted their religious and cultural identities to their surroundings, |