Overview
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 Brulé, Joseph Chihoatenhwa, Thérèse Oionhaton, and Marie Rollet Hébert 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, enabling them to develop crucial relationships and build communities. Through the lens of these men and women, both Native and French, Poirier illuminates the historical process and powerfully illustrates the religious creativity inherent in relationship-building.
Full Product Details
Author: Lisa J.M. Poirier
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Imprint: Syracuse University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.10cm
, Height: 1.70cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.495kg
ISBN: 9780815634881
ISBN 10: 0815634889
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 30 September 2016
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
An ambitious and engaging study of colonial documents (records of both explorers and missionaries) within which Poirier reveals the voices of historically muted Wendat peoples. She is not simply reading between the lines, but also against the text, discovering a story that we have not heard before. This book promises to be the most important (and corrective) study of the period since Bruce Trigger s groundbreaking The Children of Aataentsic. --Jennifer Reid author of Religion and Global Culture
The book is an in-depth study of four persons who were emblematic in this complex, violent, and creative history of cultural contestation. It is an ambitious and engaging study of colonial documents (records of both explorers and missionaries) within which Poirierreveals the voices of historically muted Wendat peoples. She is not simply reading between the lines, but also `against the text,' discovering a story that we have not heard before. This book promises to be the most important (and corrective) study of the period since Bruce Trigger's groundbreaking The Children of Aataentsic. -Jennifer I. M. Reid, author of Religion and Global Culture.
Author Information
Lisa J. M. Poirier is assistant professor in the Department of Religious Studies at DePaul University.
