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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cleall, Esme, 1983-

Series:

Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies, 2635-1641

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asia--History.

Asia.

Africa--History.

Africa.

Great Britain--History.

Great Britain.

History, Modern.

Imperialism.

Asian History.

African History.

History of Britain and Ireland.

Modern History.

Imperialism and Colonialism.

History of South Asia.

Local Subjects:

Asian History.

African History.

History of Britain and Ireland.

Modern History.

Imperialism and Colonialism.

History of South Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2012.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613844446

9781283531993

1283531992

9781137032393

1137032391

OCLC:

809768387