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Through an Indian's looking-glass : a cultural biography of William Apess, Pequot

Lopenzina, Drew, author

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\"The life of William Apess (1789-1839), a Pequot Indian, Methodist preacher, and widely celebrated writer, provides a lens through which to comprehend the complex dynamics of indigenous survival and resistance in the era of America's early nationhood. Apess's life intersects with multiple aspects of indigenous identity and existence in this period, including indentured servitude, slavery, service in the armed forces, syncretic engagements with Christian spirituality, and Native struggles for political and cultural autonomy. Even more, Apess offers a powerful and provocative voice for the persistence of Native presence in a time and place that was long supposed to have settled its \"Indian question\" in favor of extinction. Through meticulous archival research, close readings of Apess's key works, and informed and imaginative speculation about his largely enigmatic life, Drew Lopenzina provides a vivid portrait of this singular Native American figure. This new biography will sit alongside Apess's own writing as vital reading for those interested in early America and indigeneity.\"--Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Subject: Apess, William, 1798-1839. / Pequot Indians Biography. / Indians of North America New England. / Methodist Church New England Clergy Biography. / Mashpee Indians History. / Indians, Treatment of New England. / United States History War of 1812 Participation, Indian.
• ISBN: 9781625342591, 1625342594, 9781625342584, 1625342586

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
E99.P53 L67 2017	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE