Karen Lee Robertson
Vassar College (Poughkeepsie, NY 12604-0001)
FB-53184-07
Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars
Research Programs
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Totals:
$40,000 (approved)
$40,000 (awarded)
Grant period:
7/1/2007 – 6/30/2008
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Pocahontas Among the Jacobeans
I am applying to the NEH for a fellowship to complete a book called POCAHONTAS AMONG THE JACOBEANS which examines Pocahontas's powerful effects on English conceptualizations of colonialism. This book takes a figure of crucial significance to foundational histories of the United States and, by examining her encounters in England, reveals how her presence sharpened Jacobean articulations of a hierarchy based on race rather than rank.
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