Colonial Mediascapes: Sensory Worlds of the Early Americas by Matt Cohen (Englis

Description: Colonial Mediascapes by Matt Cohen, Jeffrey Glover 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. This book examines how textual and nontextual literatures interacted in colonial North and South America. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New 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. Author Biography 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. Contributors: Ralph Bauer, Heidi Bohaker, Galen Brokaw, Jon Coleman, Jeffrey Glover, Peter Charles Hoffer, Andrew Newman, Birgit Brander Rasmussen, Richard Cullen Rath, Sarah Rivett, Gordon M. Sayre, and Germaine Warkentin. Table of Contents List of IllustrationsForewordPaul Chaat SmithAcknowledgmentsIntroductionMatt Cohen and Jeffrey GloverPart I. Beyond Textual Media1. Dead Metaphor or Working Model? "The Book" in Native AmericaGermaine Warkentin2. Early Americanist Grammatology: Definitions of Writing and LiteracyAndrew Newman3. Indigenous Histories and Archival Media in the Early Modern Great LakesHeidi BohakerPart II. Multimedia Texts4. The Manuscript, the Quipu, and the Early American Book: Don Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayalas Nueva Corónica y Buen GobiernoBirgit Brander Rasmussen5. Semiotics, Aesthetics, and the Quechua Concept of QuilcaGalen Brokaw6. "Take My Scalp, Please!": Colonial Mimesis and the French Origins of the Mississippi Tall TaleGordon M. SayrePart III. Sensory New Worlds7. Brave New Worlds: The First Century of Indian-English EncountersPeter Charles Hoffer8. Howls, Snarls, and Musket Shots: Saying "This Is Mine" in Colonial New EnglandJon Coleman9. Hearing Wampum: The Senses, Mediation, and the Limits of AnalogyRichard Cullen RathPart IV: Transatlantic Mediascapes10. Writing as "Khipu": Titu Cusi Yupanquis Account of the Conquest of PeruRalph Bauer11. Christian Indians at War: Evangelism and Military Communication in the Anglo-French-Native BorderlandsJeffrey Glover12. The Algonquian Word and the Spirit of Divine Truth: John Eliots Indian Library and the Atlantic Quest for a Universal LanguageSarah RivettContributorsIndex Review "Colonial Mediascapes offers compelling insights from a veritable Whos Who of early American literacy studies. The range of topics, the geographical diversity, and the thoughtfully developed connections between these essays makes this a particularly welcome project. This is a timely collection that will without a doubt have a major impact on a number of intersecting fields - book history, Native studies, early American studies, literacy studies." - Hilary E. Wyss, Hargis Professor of American Literature at Auburn University and author of English Letters and Indian Literacies: Reading, Writing, and New England Missionary Schools, 1750-1830 Review Quote " Colonial Mediascapes offers compelling insights from a veritable Whos Who of early American literacy studies. The range of topics, the geographical diversity, and the thoughtfully developed connections between these essays makes this a particularly welcome project. This is a timely collection that will without a doubt have a major impact on a number of intersecting fields-book history, Native studies, early American studies, literacy studies."-Hilary E. Wyss, Hargis Professor of American Literature at Auburn University and author of English Letters and Indian Literacies: Reading, Writing, and New England Missionary Schools, 17501830 Details ISBN0803249993 Short Title COLONIAL MEDIASCAPES Publisher University of Nebraska Press Language English ISBN-10 0803249993 ISBN-13 9780803249998 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 973.3 Year 2014 Author Jeffrey Glover Imprint University of Nebraska Press Subtitle Sensory Worlds of the Early Americas Place of Publication Lincoln Country of Publication United States Edited by Jeffrey Glover Publication Date 2014-04-01 UK Release Date 2014-04-01 AU Release Date 2014-04-01 NZ Release Date 2014-04-01 US Release Date 2014-04-01 Pages 456 Illustrations 27 illustrations, 1 map Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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