Cornell University Press Captors Narrative

In the tales of Catholic women captors, Foster uncovers evidence that the control of male captive domestic labour expanded the public roles of the women in charge. The author painstakingly reconstructs the lived experience of both captors and captives to show that captivity was always intertwined with gender struggles. "The Captors' Narrative" provides a novel perspective on the struggles over female authority pervasive in the early modern Atlantic world.