American frontier captivity narratives

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American literature literary genre narrative prose

American frontier captivity narratives are a genre of early American literature recounting the experiences of settlers, particularly women and children, who were captured by Native Americans on the colonial and early national frontiers.

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Label	Occurrences
American frontier captivity narratives canonical	1
New England captivity narratives	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American literature ⓘ literary genre ⓘ narrative prose ⓘ
developedInPeriod	colonial America ⓘ early national United States ⓘ
emergedInCentury	17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ
hasFunction	entertainment ⓘ justification of frontier expansion ⓘ political propaganda ⓘ reinforcement of colonial stereotypes of Native Americans ⓘ religious edification ⓘ
hasMainSubject	captivity by Native Americans ⓘ cross-cultural contact ⓘ cultural encounter ⓘ forced migration ⓘ frontier violence ⓘ redemption ⓘ religious faith under trial ⓘ return from captivity ⓘ survival ⓘ
hasNotableExample	A Narrative of the Captivity and Sufferings of Mrs. Jemima Howe ⓘ A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison ⓘ Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson ⓘ Narrative of the Captivity and Sufferings of Benjamin Gilbert and His Family ⓘ The Captivity of the Oatman Girls ⓘ
hasSetting	Colonial America ⓘ surface form: North American colonial frontier early United States frontier ⓘ
hasStructuralFeature	first-person narration ⓘ linear chronological structure ⓘ moral didacticism ⓘ preface asserting truthfulness ⓘ religious reflection ⓘ retrospective account ⓘ
hasTheme	civilization versus savagery ⓘ cultural assimilation ⓘ divine providence ⓘ gender roles on the frontier ⓘ identity transformation ⓘ national identity formation ⓘ violence and trauma ⓘ
hasTypicalAntagonist	Native American captor ⓘ
hasTypicalProtagonist	Euro-American settler child ⓘ Euro-American settler woman ⓘ
influencedGenre	19th-century dime novels ⓘ American Indian Wars literature ⓘ Western frontier fiction ⓘ
isStudiedInDiscipline	American studies ⓘ surface form: American literary studies Native American studies ⓘ gender studies ⓘ history ⓘ religious studies ⓘ
wasPopularInCentury	18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ

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Description of subject: American frontier captivity narratives are a genre of early American literature recounting the experiences of settlers, particularly women and children, who were captured by Native Americans on the colonial and early national frontiers.

Referenced by (2)

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Sylvia Hall → describedBySource → American frontier captivity narratives ⓘ

Eunice Williams → influenced → American frontier captivity narratives ⓘ

this entity surface form: New England captivity narratives