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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791087103321

Autore

Tjelle Kristin Fjelde

Titolo

Missionary Masculinity, 1870–1930 [[electronic resource] ] : The Norwegian Missionaries in South-East Africa / / by Kristin Fjelde Tjelle

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2013

ISBN

1-349-46346-9

1-137-33636-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (341 p.)

Collana

Genders and Sexualities in History

Disciplina

266.02348100811

Soggetti

Africa-History

Europe-History

History, Modern

Civilization-History

Social history

African History

European History

Modern History

Cultural History

Social History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""1 Introduction: Missionaries and Masculinities""; ""The case and the context : Norwegian missionaries in south-east Africa                                                                             ""; ""Missions and gender                          ""; ""Masculinities and power                              ""; ""Masculinities and subjectivity                                     ""; ""Christian masculinity and modernity                                          ""

""Sources              """"Mission magazines                        ""; ""Mission literature                         ""; ""Unprinted sources                        ""; ""Outline              ""; ""Part I The Construction of Norwegian Lutheran Missionary Masculinity                                                                           ""; ""2 Missionary Self-Making""; ""Introduction                   ""; ""The case



of Hans Paludan Smith Schreuder                                               ""

""The self-making spirit of the Norwegian mission movement                                                               """"Subjective missionary self-making                                        ""; ""Self-making as a mission strategy and theory                                                   ""; ""Conclusion                 ""; ""3 Proper Missionary Masculinity""; ""Introduction                   ""; ""The case of Christian Oftebro                                    ""

""â€?By word or by plough?â€?: contested theories on mission                                                             """"The missionary caught between the spiritual and the secular                                                                  ""; ""Missionary masculinity: a paradox of modernity?                                                      ""; ""Conclusion                 ""; ""4 Confessional Missionary Masculinity""; ""Introduction                   ""

""The denominational context of a Norwegian Lutheran mission in south-east Africa                                                                                      """"Denominational disturbances                                  ""; ""A Scandinavian â€?free missionâ€? in Durban                                              ""; ""Denominational disturbances at home                                          ""

""â€?Heroic soldiersâ€? and â€?faithful sonsâ€?: re-confessionalisation and re-masculinisation in the NMS                                                                                                      ""

Sommario/riassunto

What kind of men were missionaries? What kind of masculinity did they represent, in ideology as well as in practice? Presupposing masculinity to be a cluster of cultural ideas and social practices that change over time and space, and not a stable entity with a natural, inherent meaning, Kristin Fjelde Tjelle seeks to answer such questions.