| Ghost Woman Contributor(s): Thornton, Lawrence (Author) |
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ISBN: 0520220684 ISBN-13: 9780520220683 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $28.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1999 Annotation: Based on a chilling historical event, Ghost Woman is a tale of the arrogance of colonizers, cultural blindness and an effort at cultural understanding, rape, punishment and retribution. The novel is set on the California coast when Catholic missionaries had gathered under their control the Chumash and other local Indians. In this mesmerizing novel Lawrence Thornton, the award-winning author of Imagining Argentina, depicts the shattering effects that ensue when an Indian woman is forcibly introduced into the white community of Santa Barbara in the 1800s. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 99019875 |
| Series: California Fiction |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 5.52" W x 8.26" (0.79 lbs) 302 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Geographic Orientation - California - Religious Orientation - Catholic - Religious Orientation - Christian - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Based on a chilling historical event, Ghost Woman is a tale of the arrogance of colonizers, rape, guilt, punishment and retribution. It is set on the Southern California coast during the early nineteenth century, when Catholic missionaries rounded up all the local Indians except those still living on San Nicol s Island. When this group is finally captured, one woman jumps from the boat and returns to the island for her missing child. The novel is that woman's story, and the story of the white family with whom her life becomes entangled after she too is taken from her island home. |