Nobler Savages: Representations of Native Women in the Writings of Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill
As immigrant newcomers, Susanna Moodie (Roughing It in the Bush, 1852) and Catharine Parr Traill (The Backwoods of Canada, 1836; “A Visit to the Camp of the Chippewa Indians,” 1848; Canadian Crusoes, 1852) represent First Nations Canadians in relation to the stereotype of the Noble Savage. In their...
| Published in: | Journal of Canadian Studies |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
1997
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/jcs.32.2.5 https://utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/jcs.32.2.5 |
| Summary: | As immigrant newcomers, Susanna Moodie (Roughing It in the Bush, 1852) and Catharine Parr Traill (The Backwoods of Canada, 1836; “A Visit to the Camp of the Chippewa Indians,” 1848; Canadian Crusoes, 1852) represent First Nations Canadians in relation to the stereotype of the Noble Savage. In their accounts of Native women they develop an experiential mode of discourse that communicates both their genuine engagement with the Other and their projection of their own otherwise unarticulable concerns as women and mothers. |
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