American frontier captivity narratives

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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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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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Sylvia Hall describedBySource American frontier captivity narratives
Eunice Williams influenced American frontier captivity narratives
this entity surface form: New England captivity narratives