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...

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Published in:Journal of Canadian Studies
Main Author: Gerson, Carole
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) 1997
Subjects:
History
Cultural Studies
First Nations
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/jcs.32.2.5
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spelling crunivtoronpr:10.3138/jcs.32.2.5 2023-12-31T10:06:55+01:00 Nobler Savages: Representations of Native Women in the Writings of Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill Gerson, Carole 1997 http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/jcs.32.2.5 https://utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/jcs.32.2.5 en eng University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) Journal of Canadian Studies volume 32, issue 2, page 5-21 ISSN 0021-9495 1911-0251 History Cultural Studies journal-article 1997 crunivtoronpr https://doi.org/10.3138/jcs.32.2.5 2023-12-01T08:18:01Z 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations University of Toronto Press (U Toronto Press - via Crossref) Journal of Canadian Studies 32 2 5 21
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Cultural Studies
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Nobler Savages: Representations of Native Women in the Writings of Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill
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description 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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title_short Nobler Savages: Representations of Native Women in the Writings of Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill
title_full Nobler Savages: Representations of Native Women in the Writings of Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill
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title_full_unstemmed Nobler Savages: Representations of Native Women in the Writings of Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill
title_sort nobler savages: representations of native women in the writings of susanna moodie and catharine parr traill
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