Karen Anderson

Chain Her by One Foot

The Subjugation of Native Women in Seventeenth-Century New France

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Focusing on social history, this work states that: the subjugation of women in seventeenth-century New France was linked with the brutal colonization of native Indian populations. This is a cross-cultural, feminist case study of the historical and political construction of gender and racial inequality.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juni 1993
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 205mm x 154mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 402g
• ISBN-13: 9780415908276
• ISBN-10: 0415908272
• Artikelnr.: 22265830

Autorenporträt

Karen Anderson is Assistant Professor of Sociology at York University, Ontario.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 'Proud, Disobedient and Ill-Tempered'
Chapter 2 'The Blood of Martyrs is the Seed of Christians'
Chapter 3 'That they may also Acquire a French Heart and Spirit'
Chapter 4 'The Male is More Fitted to Rule than the Female'
Chapter 5 'This Little Fury of Hell'
Chapter 6 'Women Sustain the Families'
Chapter 7 'Among these Tribes are Found Powerful Women of Extraordinary Stature'
Chapter 8 'Death Over a Slow Fire'
Chapter 9 'Chain Her by One Foot'
Chapter 10 Conclusions