Dissenting bodies
Subtitle: corporealities in early New England
By: Martha L. Finch.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780231139465; 9780231511384
Subjects: Human body -- Social aspects -- Massachusetts -- History -- 17th century; Human body -- Massachusetts -- Religious aspects -- History -- 17th century; Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony) -- Social life and customs; British Americans -- Massachusetts -- History -- 17th century; Protestants -- Massachusetts -- History -- 17th century; Community life -- Massachusetts -- History -- 17th century; Massachusetts -- History -- New Plymouth, 1620-1691; Massachusetts -- Social life and customs -- 17th century; Massachusetts -- Religious life and customs; Massachusetts -- Race relations -- History -- 17th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Embodying godliness; title: Massasoit's stool and Wituwamat's head : body encounters; title: A banquet in the wilderness : bodies and the environment; title: As on a hill : public bodies; title: The true and visible church : the body of Christ; title: As in a mirror : domestic bodies.