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Author:

Carroll, Lorrayne.

Title:

Rhetorical drag : gender impersonation, captivity, and the writing of history / Lorrayne Carroll.

Publisher:

Kent State University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

ix, 251 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Captivity narratives--United States--Authorship.
American literature--19th century--History and criticism.
American literature--18th century--History and criticism.
Discourse analysis, Narrative
Rhetoric--Sex differences.
Indian captivities--United States.
History in literature
Women prisoners in literature

Notes:

This work examines authorial gender impersonation (men writing as women) of American women's captivity narratives from 1697 to 1849, and the connections between gender figuration and historiography. Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-240) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : "particular knowlege" -- "Being read with a greedy attention" : Mather in drag -- "Peculiar efficacy and authority" : Hannah Duston's missing voice -- "The original copy and the mistake of the transcriber" : Elizabeth Hanson's relation -- "Affecting history" : impersonating women in the early Republic -- Epilogue : "I'm just an advertisement for a version of myself".

ISBN:

0873388828 (alk. paper)
9780873388825 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)69331603

LCCN:

2006016315

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)