TY - BOOK ID - 10697224 TI - Women’s Narratives of the Early Americas and the Formation of Empire AU - Balkun, Mary McAleer. AU - Imbarrato, Susan C. PY - 2016 SN - 134958102X 113755990X 113754323X PB - New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, DB - UniCat KW - American prose literature KW - American literature KW - Women authors, American KW - Women KW - Women in literature KW - Politics in literature KW - Nationalism in literature KW - Social problems in literature KW - American Literature KW - English KW - Languages & Literatures KW - History and criticism KW - Women authors KW - Minority authors KW - Biography KW - Intellectual life KW - Women in literature. KW - Politics in literature. KW - Nationalism in literature. KW - Social problems in literature. KW - History and criticism. KW - American women authors KW - Political science in literature KW - Woman (Christian theology) in literature KW - Women in drama KW - Women in poetry KW - Human females KW - Wimmin KW - Woman KW - Womon KW - Womyn KW - Females KW - Human beings KW - Femininity KW - America-Literatures. KW - Literature, Modern. KW - Literature-History and criticism. KW - Sociology. KW - North American Literature. KW - Early Modern/Renaissance Literature. KW - Literary History. KW - Gender Studies. KW - Social theory KW - Social sciences KW - Modern literature KW - Arts, Modern KW - America—Literatures. KW - Literature—History and criticism. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:10697224 AB - The essays in this collection examine the connections between the forces of empire and women's lives in the early Americas, in particular the ways their narratives contributed to empire formation. Focusing on the female body as a site of contestation, the essays describe acts of bravery, subversion, and survival expressed in a variety of genres, including the saga, letter, diary, captivity narrative, travel narrative, verse, sentimental novel, and autobiography. The volume also speaks to a range of female experience, across the Americas and across time, from the Viking exploration to early nineteenth-century United States, challenging scholars to reflect on the implications of early American literature even to the present day. ER -