Possible Pasts represents a landmark in early American studies,
bringing to that field the theoretical richness and innovative
potential of the scholarship on colonial discourse and postcolonial
theory. Drawing on the methods and interpretive insights of
history, anthropology, history of art, folklore, and textual
analysis, its authors explore the cultural processes by which
individuals and societies become colonial. Rather than define early
America in terms of conventional geographical, chronological, or
subdisciplinary boundaries, their essays span landscapes from New
England to Peru, time periods from the sixteenth to the
mid-nineteenth century, and topics from religion to race and novels
to nationalism.
In his introduction Robert Blair St. George offers an overview
of the genealogy of ideas and key terms appearing in the book. Part
I then challenges readers to rethink the meaning of "early America"
and its relation to postcolonial theory. In Part II essays explore
how both Europeans and native peoples viewed such concepts as
dissent, witchcraft, family piety, and race. The construction of
individual identity and agency in Philadelphia is the focus of Part
III. Finally, Part IV considers the ways in which political
authority and gendered resistance were established in early
America.
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