Female Piety and the Invention of American Puritanism reconsiders the standard critical view that women's religious experiences were either silent consent or ho

This treatise documents the claim that, for Puritan men and women alike, the ideals of selfhood were conveyed by female images. It argues that these images taug

Tracing the first three generations in Puritan New England, this book explores changes in language, gender expectations, and religious identities for men and wo

This treatise documents the claim that, for Puritan men and women alike, the ideals of selfhood were conveyed by female images. It argues that these images taug

Whether in the private parlor, public hall, commercial "dance palace," or sleazy dive, dance has long been opposed by those who viewed it as immoral--more preci