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Record Nr.

UNINA9910961019003321

Autore

Cleall Esme <1983->

Titolo

Missionary Discourses of Difference : Negotiating Otherness in the British Empire, 1840-1900 / / by E. Cleall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2012

ISBN

9786613844446

9781283531993

1283531992

9781137032393

1137032391

Edizione

[1st ed. 2012.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Collana

Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies, , 2635-1641

Disciplina

266/.02341

Soggetti

Asia - History

Africa - History

Great Britain - History

History, Modern

Imperialism

Asian History

African History

History of Britain and Ireland

Modern History

Imperialism and Colonialism

History of South Asia

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

Representing homes: gender and sexuality in missionary writing -- Re-making homes: ambiguous encounters and domestic transgressions -- Pathologising heathenism: discourses of sickness and the rise of medical missions -- Illness on the mission station: sickness and the presentation of the "self" -- Violence and the construction of the other -- Colonial violence: whiteness, violence and civilisation -- Conclusion: thinking with missionaries; thinking about difference.



Sommario/riassunto

Missionary Discourse examines missionary writings from India and southern Africa to explore colonial discourses about race, religion, gender and culture. The book is organised around three themes: family, sickness and violence, which were key areas of missionary concern, and important axes around which colonial difference was forged.