 | Damned Women: Sinners and Witches in Puritan New England Subjects: Women -- New England -- History -- 17th century; Women -- New England -- Social conditions; Women -- New England -- Religious life; Puritans -- New England -- History; In her analysis of the cultural construction of gender in early America, Elizabeth Reis explores the intersection of Puritan theology, Puritan evaluations of womanhood, and the Salem witchcraft episodes. She finds in those intersections the basis for... ELIZABETH REIS is Assistant Professor of Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Oregon. She is the editor of Spellbound: Women and Witchcraft in America, American Sexual Histories, and Dear Lizzie. |
