The Resource Damned women : sinners and witches in Puritan New England, Elizabeth Reis
Damned women : sinners and witches in Puritan New England, Elizabeth Reis
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- Summary
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- In her analysis of the cultural construction of gender in early America, Elizabeth Reis explores the intersection of Puritan theology, Puritan evaluations of womanhood, and the Salem witchcraft episodes. She finds in that intersection the basis for understanding why women were accused of witchcraft more often than men, why they confessed more often, and why they frequently accused other women of being witches. In the process of negotiating their beliefs about the devil's powers in practical ways, both women and men embedded womanhood in the discourse of depravity. Women and men feared hell equally but the Puritan culture encourage women to believe that it was their vile natures which would take them there rather than the particular sins they may have committed
- Following the Salem witchcraft trials, Reis argues, Puritans' understanding of sin and the devil changed. Women and men took more responsibility for their sins and became increasingly confident of their redemption, yet women more than men continued to imagine themselves as essentially corrupt, even after the Great Awakening
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xix, 212 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction: Puritan Women and the Discourse of Depravity
- 1. Women's Sinful Natures and Men's Natural Sins
- 2. Popular and Ministerial Visions of Satan
- 3. The Devil, the Body, and the Feminine Soul
- 4. Gender and the Meanings of Confession
- 5. Satan Dispossessed
- Epilogue: Gender, Faith, and "Young Goodman Brown."
- Isbn
- 9780801486111
- Label
- Damned women : sinners and witches in Puritan New England
- Title
- Damned women
- Title remainder
- sinners and witches in Puritan New England
- Statement of responsibility
- Elizabeth Reis
- Subject
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- Frau
- Frau
- Geschichte 1600-1700
- Geschichte 1600-1700.
- Hekserij
- Hexe
- Hexe
- History
- Neuengland
- Neuengland
- New England
- Puritanismus
- Puritanismus
- Puritans
- 1600-1699
- Puriteinen
- Sünde
- Sünde
- Vrouwen
- Witchcraft
- Witchcraft -- New England -- History -- 17th century
- Women
- Women -- New England -- History -- 17th century
- Women -- New England -- Social conditions
- Women -- Religious life
- Women -- Religious life -- New England
- Women -- Social conditions
- Puritans -- New England -- History
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- In her analysis of the cultural construction of gender in early America, Elizabeth Reis explores the intersection of Puritan theology, Puritan evaluations of womanhood, and the Salem witchcraft episodes. She finds in that intersection the basis for understanding why women were accused of witchcraft more often than men, why they confessed more often, and why they frequently accused other women of being witches. In the process of negotiating their beliefs about the devil's powers in practical ways, both women and men embedded womanhood in the discourse of depravity. Women and men feared hell equally but the Puritan culture encourage women to believe that it was their vile natures which would take them there rather than the particular sins they may have committed
- Following the Salem witchcraft trials, Reis argues, Puritans' understanding of sin and the devil changed. Women and men took more responsibility for their sins and became increasingly confident of their redemption, yet women more than men continued to imagine themselves as essentially corrupt, even after the Great Awakening
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1958-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Reis, Elizabeth
- Dewey number
- 305.4/0974/09032
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HQ1438.N35
- LC item number
- R45 1997
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Women
- Women
- Women
- Puritans
- Witchcraft
- Puritans
- Witchcraft
- Women
- Women
- Women
- New England
- Vrouwen
- Puriteinen
- Hekserij
- Frau
- Hexe
- Puritanismus
- Sünde
- Neuengland
- Frau
- Sünde
- Puritanismus
- Geschichte 1600-1700
- Hexe
- Neuengland
- Label
- Damned women : sinners and witches in Puritan New England, Elizabeth Reis
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: Puritan Women and the Discourse of Depravity -- 1. Women's Sinful Natures and Men's Natural Sins -- 2. Popular and Ministerial Visions of Satan -- 3. The Devil, the Body, and the Feminine Soul -- 4. Gender and the Meanings of Confession -- 5. Satan Dispossessed -- Epilogue: Gender, Faith, and "Young Goodman Brown."
- Control code
- ocm36143607
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xix, 212 pages
- Isbn
- 9780801486111
- Lccn
- 96053411
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) o36143607
- (OCoLC)36143607
- Label
- Damned women : sinners and witches in Puritan New England, Elizabeth Reis
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: Puritan Women and the Discourse of Depravity -- 1. Women's Sinful Natures and Men's Natural Sins -- 2. Popular and Ministerial Visions of Satan -- 3. The Devil, the Body, and the Feminine Soul -- 4. Gender and the Meanings of Confession -- 5. Satan Dispossessed -- Epilogue: Gender, Faith, and "Young Goodman Brown."
- Control code
- ocm36143607
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xix, 212 pages
- Isbn
- 9780801486111
- Lccn
- 96053411
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o36143607
- (OCoLC)36143607
Subject
- Frau
- Frau
- Geschichte 1600-1700
- Geschichte 1600-1700.
- Hekserij
- Hexe
- Hexe
- History
- Neuengland
- Neuengland
- New England
- Puritanismus
- Puritanismus
- Puritans
- 1600-1699
- Puriteinen
- Sünde
- Sünde
- Vrouwen
- Witchcraft
- Witchcraft -- New England -- History -- 17th century
- Women
- Women -- New England -- History -- 17th century
- Women -- New England -- Social conditions
- Women -- Religious life
- Women -- Religious life -- New England
- Women -- Social conditions
- Puritans -- New England -- History
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