Colonial Mediascapes Contributor(s): Cohen, Matt (Editor), Glover, Jeffrey (Editor) |
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ISBN: 080323239X ISBN-13: 9780803232396 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: April 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - Literary Criticism | Native American |
Dewey: 973.3 |
LCCN: 2013035773 |
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6" W x 9.1" L (1.65 lbs) 464 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In colonial North and South America, print was only one way of communicating. Information in various forms flowed across the boundaries between indigenous groups and early imperial settlements. Natives and newcomers made speeches, exchanged gifts, invented gestures, and inscribed their intentions on paper, bark, skins, and many other kinds of surfaces. No one method of conveying meaning was privileged, and written texts often relied on nonwritten modes of communication. Colonial Mediascapes examines how textual and nontextual literatures interacted in colonial North and South America. Extending the textual foundations of early American literary history, the editors bring a wide range of media to the attention of scholars and show how struggles over modes of communication intersected with conflicts over religion, politics, race, and gender. This collection of essays by major historians, anthropologists, and literary scholars demonstrates that the European settlement of the Americas and European interaction with Native peoples were shaped just as much by communication challenges as by traditional concerns such as religion, economics, and resources. Matt Cohen is an associate professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of The Networked Wilderness: Communicating in Early New England. Jeffrey Glover is an assistant professor of English at Loyola University Chicago and the author of Paper Sovereigns: Anglo-Native Treaties and the Law of Nations, 1604-1664. |
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