Missionary Masculinity, 1870-1930 : The Norwegian Missionaries in South-East Africa / by Kristin Fjelde Tjelle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tjelle, Kristin Fjelde., Author.

Series:

Genders and Sexualities in History

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Africa-History.

Europe-History.

History, Modern.

Civilization-History.

Social history.

African History.

European History.

Modern History.

Cultural History.

Social History.

Local Subjects:

African History.

European History.

Modern History.

Cultural History.

Social History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (341 p.)

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

""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 ""

""�By word or by plough?�: 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 �free mission� in Durban ""; ""Denominational disturbances at home ""

""�Heroic soldiers� and �faithful sons�: re-confessionalisation and re-masculinisation in the NMS ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781349463466

1349463469

9781137336361

1137336366

OCLC:

868662002