Missionary Discourses of Difference Negotiating Otherness in the British Empire, 1840–1900
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 wh...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
Palgrave Macmillan UK
2012, 2012
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| Series: | Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | 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 |
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| Physical Description: | XI, 243 p online resource |
| ISBN: | 9781137032393 |