Colonial Women: Race and Culture in Stuart Drama

Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. Fine condition in a Near Fine dust jacket (only very light rubbing to the jacket). NOT a library discard. Square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 2001. First Printing of the First Edition with complete number row "135798642" on the copyright page. Chapter notes/bibliographical references. Index. Bound in the original light gray boards. From the dust jacket: "COLONIAL WOMEN examines the women-as-land metaphor in English colonial dramatic literature of the seventeenth century, and looks closely at the myths of two historical native female figures -- Pocahontas of Virginia and Malinche of Mexico -- to demonstrate how these two stories are crucial to constructions of gender, race, and English nationhood in the drama and culture of the period. Heidi Hutner's interpretations of the figure of the native woman in the plays of Shakespeare, Fletcher, Davenant, Dryden, and Behn reveal how the English patriarchal culture of the seventeenth century defined itself through representations of native women and European women who have 'gone native.' These playwrights use the figure of the native woman as a symbolic means to stabilize the turbulent sociopolitical and religious conflicts in Restoration England under the inclusive ideology of expansion and profit. COLONIAL WOMEN uncovers the significance of the repeated dramatic spectacle of the native women falling for her European seducer and exploiter, and demonstrates that this image of seduction is motivated by an anxiety-laden movement to reinforce patriarchal authority in seventeenth-century England.". First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. ix, 141pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.