The Abduction of Anna Petrovna Bulygin in 1808.

Autor(en)

Maria Katharina Wiedlack

Abstrakt

This article analyzes a chapter from Charles Ellms’s book “The Tragedy of the Seas” (1848). The chapter recounts the historical events around a schooner belonging to the Russian American Company, which was shipwrecked close to the Olympic Peninsula in 1808. After the disaster, the ship’s crew, and Anna Petrovna Bulygin, the captain’s wife, were taken hostage by indigenous people. The article examines Anna Petrovna Bulygin’s female agency within Ellms’s narrative, arguing that it is exceptional within the genre of maritime frontier adventures, as well as early 19th century Russian culture. Importantly, a focus on her agency offers interesting insights into the Russian colonial gaze on the indigenous peoples of America.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik

Publikationsdatum

06-2023

ÖFOS 2012

601005 Europäische Geschichte, 602005 Amerikanistik, 601028 Geschlechtergeschichte

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

History, Literature and Literary Theory

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/07259145-a3bb-463e-bc4e-9c427d8cb2da