Captivity & Sentiment: Cultural Exchange in American Literature, 1682-1861University Press of New England, 1997 - 211 ページ In a radically new interpretation and synthesis of highly popular 18th- and 19th-century genres, Michelle Burnham examines the literature of captivity, and, using Homi Bhabha's concept of interstitiality as a base, provides a valuable redescription of the ambivalent origins of the US national narrative. Stories of colonial captives, sentimental heroines, or fugitive slaves embody a binary division between captive and captor that is based on cultural, national, or racial difference, but they also transcend these pre-existing antagonistic dichotomies by creating a new social space, and herein lies their emotional power. Beginning from a simple question on why captivity, particularly that of women, so often inspires a sentimental response, Burnham examines how these narratives elicit both sympathy and pleasure. The texts carry such great emotional impact precisely because they traverse those very cultural, national, and racial boundaries that they seem so indelibly to inscribe. Captivity literature, like its heroines, constantly negotiates zones of contact, and crossing those borders reveals new cultural paradigms to the captive and, ultimately, the reader. |
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... sense that the comical figure they perceive is not equivalent to her own self - perception . Rowlandson's captivity narrative puts not only multi- ple accounts of herself — as Puritan goodwife and mother , as independent producer ...
... sense that the comical figure they perceive is not equivalent to her own self - perception . Rowlandson's captivity narrative puts not only multi- ple accounts of herself — as Puritan goodwife and mother , as independent producer ...
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... sense of produced ) substitute for and serve as a sign of that which remains secreted ( in its other sense as hidden ) . Perhaps the moment of greatest pathos in her narrative , for example , is when Ja- cobs's son runs , covered with ...
... sense of produced ) substitute for and serve as a sign of that which remains secreted ( in its other sense as hidden ) . Perhaps the moment of greatest pathos in her narrative , for example , is when Ja- cobs's son runs , covered with ...
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... sense of surplus and friction , rather than with associations of equivalence or consent , that I have used the term . Certainly , this use of cultural exchange bears little resemblance to the process Homi Bhabha refers to in his catalog ...
... sense of surplus and friction , rather than with associations of equivalence or consent , that I have used the term . Certainly , this use of cultural exchange bears little resemblance to the process Homi Bhabha refers to in his catalog ...
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Captivity Cultural Contact and Commodification | 10 |
Captivity Sympathy | 41 |
Republican Motherhood and Political Representation | 63 |
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