Missionary discourses of difference negotiating otherness in the British empire, 1840-1900

By:

Cleall, Esme, 1983-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies seriesPublication details: New York Palgrave Macmillan 2012Description: xi,243p. 23 cmISBN:

9780230296800

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DDC classification:

266.02341 22 CL-M

LOC classification:

BV2063 .C54 2012

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.

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Item type	Home library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Print	OPJGU Sonepat- Campus Main Library	General Books	266.02341 CL-M (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		126839

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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