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OverviewGoverning the Tongue explains why the spoken word assumed such importance in the culture of early New England. In a work that is at once historical, socio-cultural, and linguistic, Jane Kamensky explores the little-known words of unsung individuals, and reconsiders such famous Puritan events as the banishment of Anne Hutchinson and the Salem witch trials, to expose the ever-present fear of what the Puritans called ""sins of the tongue."" But even while dangerous or deviant speech was restricted, as Kamensky illustrates here, godly speech was continuously praised and promoted. Congregations were told that one should lift one's voice ""like a trumpet"" to God and ""cry out and cease not."" By placing speech at the heart of New England's early history, Kamensky develops new ideas about the complex relationship between speech and power in both Puritan New England and, by extension, our world today. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jane Kamensky (Assistant Professor of History, Assistant Professor of History, Brandeis University)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 16.10cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 24.20cm Weight: 0.635kg ISBN: 9780195090802ISBN 10: 0195090802 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 19 March 1998 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents"Introduction 1: The Sweetest Meat, the Bitterest Poison 2: A Most Unquiet Hiding Place 3: The Misgovernment of Woman's Tongue 4: ""Publick Fathers"" and Cursing Sons 5: Saying and Unsaying 6: The Tongue is a Witch Epilogue Appendix: Litigation over Speech in Massachusetts, 1630-1692"Reviewsa wide-ranging, original and penetrating account of the social meaning of speech in New England between the 1620s and 1690s. ... This is an insightful work, especially so in relation to gender. David Walker, Critical Theory: General Author InformationJane Kamensky is Assistant Professor of American History at Brandeis University and author of The Colonial Mosaic: American Women, 1600-1760 (OUP, 1995). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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