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Subject(s)

• New France—Religion [Browse]
• Jesuits—New France—History [Browse]

Summary note

The individual and cultural upheavals of early colonial New France were experienced differently by French explorers and settlers, and by Native traditionalists and Catholic converts. However, European invaders and indigenous people alike learned to negotiate the complexities of cross-cultural encounters by reimagining the meaning of kinship. Part micro-history, part biography, Religion, Gender, and Kinship in Colonial New France explores the lives of Etienne Brul,̌ Joseph Chihoatenhwa, Thřs̈e Oionhaton, and Marie Rollet Hb̌ert as they created new religious orientations in order to survive the challenges of early seventeenth-century New France. Poirier examines how each successfully adapted their religious and cultural identities to their surroundings, enabling them to develop crucial relationships and build communities. Through the lens of these men and women, both Native and French, Poirier illuminates the historical process and powerfully illustrates the religious creativity inherent in relationship-building.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-225) and index.

Contents

• Disjunctive valuations and new orientations
• Etienne Brulé
• Joseph Chihoatenhwa
• Thérèse Oionhaton
• Marie Rollet Hébert
• Kin replacement in the Jesuit relations
• John Steckley's translation of Joseph Chihoatenhwa's prayer
• Poems to Marie Rollet Hébert.

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ISBN

• 9780815634881 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
• 0815634889 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
• 9780815634737 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
• 0815634730 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))

LCCN

2016029451

OCLC

950448962

Other standard number

• 40026578641

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