Cotton Mather's Spanish lessons : a story of language, race, and belonging in the early Americas

Cotton Mather's Spanish lessons : a story of language, race, and belonging in the early Americas / Kirsten Silva Gruesz.

Author/creator	Gruesz, Kirsten Silva, 1964- author.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2022.
Copyright Notice	©2022
Description	326 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subject(s)	Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728. Fe del Christiano. Literature and race--America --History --18th century. Christian literature, Spanish--18th century. Ethnicity--America --Religious aspects --Christianity. Ethnicity--America --History --18th century. Evangelistic work--America --History --18th century. Ethnicity in literature. Ethnicité dans la littérature. Littérature chrétienne espagnole--18e siècle. Ethnicité--Amérique --Histoire --18e siècle. Évangélisation--Amérique --Histoire --18e siècle.

Contents	Introduction: The first Spanish imprint in English America -- The global ambitions of a Creole family -- Telling the future of America Mexicana -- From language encounters to language rights -- Becoming a Spanish Indian -- Teaching by catechism and conversation -- Books as keys to the Spanish tongue -- Impressing the word in exotic types -- Racial fears on Franco-Spanish frontiers -- The shipwreck of the family design -- Coda: colonial lessons in Latinidad.
Abstract	"In 1699, Cotton Mather authored the first Spanish-language text in the English New World: a religious tract aimed at evangelizing readers across the Spanish Americas. Kirsten Silva Gruesz uses Mather's text to explore complex overlaps of race, ethnicity, and language in the early Americas, which continue to govern Latina/o/x belonging today"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other form	ebook version : 9780674275683
Genre/form	History.
LCCN	2021047482
ISBN	9780674971752 hardcover
ISBN	0674971752 hardcover
ISBN	electronic book

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PS805 .F43 G78 2022	✔ Available	Place Hold