Aoileann, una ragazza cresciuta su un'isola aspra e remota al largo delle coste irlandesi, vive con la nonna e la madre, afflitta da una misteriosa disabilità, in una vecchia casa con le finestre sigillate da blocchi di pietra. Emarginata dalla comunità isolana che la ritiene un peso e una vergogna, la vita di Aoileann è un ciclo incessante di solitudine, cura e sacrificio, in un legame con la madre - 'la cosa nel letto' - che rasenta l'odio e mette a dura prova il suo equilibrio mentale. Quando sull'isola si trasferisce Rachel, una giovane artista con il suo bambino, Aoileann sviluppa nei suoi confronti un'inquietante ossessione che svelerà zone buie del suo passato e il lato più oscuro dei legami famigliari. 'Dove finisco' è un romanzo lirico e disturbante, che intreccia terrore psicologico, body horror e tragedia familiare raccontando una storia di segreti, segregazione e vulnerabilità umana. Con uno stile crudo e poetico, Sophie White ci conduce in un mondo di isolamento fisico e psicologico, dove maternità e famiglia sono salvezza e condanna.

Based on a sweeping range of archival, visual, and material evidence, Wild Frenchmen and Frenchified Indians examines perceptions of Indians in French colonial Louisiana and demonstrates that material culture—especially dress—was central to the elaboration of discourses about race.

At the heart of France's seventeenth-century plans for colonizing New France was a formal policy—Frenchification. Intended to turn Indians into Catholic subjects of the king, it also carried with it the belief that Indians could become French through religion, language, and culture. This fluid and mutable conception of identity carried a risk: while Indians had the potential to become French, the French could themselves be transformed into Indians. French officials had effectively admitted defeat of their policy by the time Louisiana became a province of New France in 1682. But it was here, in Upper Louisiana, that proponents of French-Indian intermarriage finally claimed some success with Frenchification. For supporters, proof of the policy's success lay in the appearance and material possessions of Indian wives and daughters of Frenchmen.

Through a sophisticated interdisciplinary approach to the material sources, Wild Frenchmen and Frenchified Indians offers a distinctive and original reading of the contours and chronology of racialization in early America. While focused on Louisiana, the methodological model offered in this innovative book shows that dress can take center stage in the investigation of colonial societies—for the process of colonization was built on encounters mediated by appearance.

Based on a sweeping range of archival, visual, and material evidence, Wild Frenchmen and Frenchified Indians examines perceptions of Indians in French colonial Louisiana and demonstrates that material culture—especially dress—was central to the elaboration of discourses about race.

At the heart of France's seventeenth-century plans for colonizing New France was a formal policy—Frenchification. Intended to turn Indians into Catholic subjects of the king, it also carried with it the belief that Indians could become French through religion, language, and culture. This fluid and mutable conception of identity carried a risk: while Indians had the potential to become French, the French could themselves be transformed into Indians. French officials had effectively admitted defeat of their policy by the time Louisiana became a province of New France in 1682. But it was here, in Upper Louisiana, that proponents of French-Indian intermarriage finally claimed some success with Frenchification. For supporters, proof of the policy's success lay in the appearance and material possessions of Indian wives and daughters of Frenchmen.

Through a sophisticated interdisciplinary approach to the material sources, Wild Frenchmen and Frenchified Indians offers a distinctive and original reading of the contours and chronology of racialization in early America. While focused on Louisiana, the methodological model offered in this innovative book shows that dress can take center stage in the investigation of colonial societies—for the process of colonization was built on encounters mediated by appearance.