"Between the Heavens and the Earth": Narrating the Execution of Moses Paul

Autor/in	Salyer, Matt
Titel	"Between the Heavens and the Earth": Narrating the Execution of Moses Paul
Quelle	In: American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 36 (2012) 4, S.77-105 (29 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0161-6463
Schlagwörter	United States History; American Indians; Crime; Court Litigation; Death; Punishment; Social Behavior; Crowding; Personal Narratives; Identification (Psychology); Ethnicity; Social Class; Ambiguity (Context); Clergy; Christianity; Public Speaking; Persuasive Discourse; Discourse Analysis; Revision (Written Composition); Handwriting; Criminals; Lawyers; Collaborative Writing + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? American Indian; Indianer; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Rechtsstreit; Sterbefall; Tod; Todesfall; Bestrafung; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; Erlebniserzählung; Ethnizität; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Klerus; Christentum; Vortrag; Persuasion; Persuasive Kommunikation; Diskursanalyse; Korrektur; Handschrift; Straftäter; Lawyer; Rechtsanwalt
Abstract	The 1772 execution of the Mohegan sailor Moses Paul served as the occasion for Samson Occom's popular "Sermon," reprinted in numerous editions. Recent work by Ava Chamberlain seeks to recover Paul's version of events from contemporary court records. This article argues that Paul's "firsthand" account of the case and autobiographical narrative submitted in his appeal illustrate the importance of approaching confessional texts such as Paul's as fundamentally coauthored documents. I argue that both Occom's "Sermon" and Paul's "Petition," which was cowritten with his attorney William Samuel Johnson, construct mediated, communal definitions of "Indianness" and provide an unintentional space for individual narrative autonomy. (Contains 81 notes.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	American Indian Studies Center at UCLA. 3220 Campbell Hall, Box 951548, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1548. Tel: 310-825-7315; Fax: 310-206-7060; e-mail: sales@aisc.ucla.edu; Web site: http://www.books.aisc.ucla.edu/aicrj.html
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Update	2017/4/10