Captive selves, captivating others
Subtitle: the politics and poetics of colonial American captivity narratives
By: Pauline Turner Strong.
Series: Institutional structures of feeling
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
Subjects: American prose literature -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- History and criticism; Indian captivities -- Historiography; Captivity narratives -- United States -- History and criticism; Politics and literature -- United States -- History -- 17th century; Politics and literature -- United States -- History -- 18th century; Narration (Rhetoric) -- History -- 17th century; Narration (Rhetoric) -- History -- 18th century; Poetics -- History -- 17th century; Poetics -- History -- 18th century; Indians in literature
Description: This book reexamines the Anglo-American literary genre known as the "Indian captivity narrative" in the context of the complex historical practice of captivity across cultural borders in colonial North America. More familiar captivity narratives such as that of Capt. John Smith appear in a new light when read alongside less-familiar stories of captivity, particularly those concerning Native Americans captured by British explorers and colonists.

This detailed and nuanced study of the construction of identity and difference is an important contribution to cultural studies, American studies, Native American studies, women's studies, ethnohistory, and anthropology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-251) and index.