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

• Autore: Cleall Esme <1983->
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2012.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Disciplina: 266/.02341
• Soggetto topico: 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
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Missionary Discourses of Difference
• ISBN: 9786613844446; 9781283531993; 1283531992; 9781137032393; 1137032391
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910961019003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies, . 2635-1641