03438nam 22008775 450 991096101900332120240322052756.09786613844446978128353199312835319929781137032393113703239110.1057/9781137032393(CKB)2670000000212810(EBL)990114(OCoLC)809768387(SSID)ssj0000701595(PQKBManifestationID)11433485(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000701595(PQKBWorkID)10675973(PQKB)11153149(DE-He213)978-1-137-03239-3(MiAaPQ)EBC990114(Perlego)3506326(EXLCZ)99267000000021281020151211d2012 u| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMissionary Discourses of Difference Negotiating Otherness in the British Empire, 1840-1900 /by E. Cleall1st ed. 2012.London :Palgrave Macmillan UK :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2012.1 online resource (256 p.)Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies,2635-1641Description based upon print version of record.9781349333981 1349333980 9780230296800 0230296807 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies,2635-1641AsiaHistoryAfricaHistoryGreat BritainHistoryHistory, ModernImperialismAsian HistoryAfrican HistoryHistory of Britain and IrelandModern HistoryImperialism and ColonialismHistory of South AsiaAsiaHistory.AfricaHistory.Great BritainHistory.History, Modern.Imperialism.Asian History.African History.History of Britain and Ireland.Modern History.Imperialism and Colonialism.History of South Asia.266/.02341Cleall Esme1983-1792477MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910961019003321Missionary Discourses of Difference4331132UNINA