This project addresses the issue of womens agency (i.e., power) in nineteenth-century America, specifically how women worked within gender and religious conventions in order to exert power. The texts that are highlighted are James Fenimore Coopers The Last of the Mohicans (1826), William Apesss The Experiences of Five Christian Indians (1833), and Susan Warners The Wide, Wide World (1851). The acts of singing hymns, reading the Bible, and preaching/proselytizing allowed women to use their voices in religious affairs, which could then allow women more opportunities to read other texts and voice their opinions. By reevaluating female characters in Coopers, Apesss, and Warners textscharacters who are often either ignored or portrayed as powerlessscholars can note that these women claim agency in sometimes subtle and sometimes overt ways, acting within societys conventions while using their voices to convert, sway, resist, please, and teach others.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TCU/oai:etd.tcu.edu:etd-04202007-113756 |
| Date | 20 April 2007 |
| Creators | Thomas, Lisa Michelle |
| Contributors | Theresa Gaul |
| Publisher | Texas Christian University |
| Source Sets | Texas Christian University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf, application/msword |
| Source | http://etd.tcu.edu/etdfiles/available/etd-04202007-113756/ |
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