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"Hear and Indian sister's plea" : reporting the work of 19th-century British female missionaries
Verfasst von:
Rowbotham, Judith
in:
Women's studies international forum
New York [u.a.]:
1998
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247 - 261 : Women, imperialism and identity S.
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| Einrichtung: | Ariadne | Wien |
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| Verfasst von: | Rowbotham, Judith |
| In: | Women's studies international forum |
| Jahr: | 1998 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| The mission work done by British women missionaries is a frutiful area of study - and an important part of that study is an examination of the ways that work was reported to the British public "at home", in order to stir up interest and gain funding and recruits thereby. this reporting was not done via offical reports so much as by accessing mass audience through the various channels of popular culture, indcluding letters, but also reports and stories in periodicals and tracts or pamphlets, hagiographic biographies, and even fiction. the work of missionary women was explained and justified through such popular reproting, and it was one way for women to take an active role in the maintenance of Empire. a major feature in this exercise was the presentation of the various "native" populations, the potential converts, that missionary women worked among. Considerable space was devoted to describing racial and gender characteristics in general and to delineating the various individuals - especially those "elevated" above the limitations of their racial and gender stereotype by conversion to Christianity. As with the reports from male missionaries, such writing was considered to have authority based on experience and moral credibility. consequently, through these written reports, and their accompanying illustration, cultural stereotypes were reinforced and made "coherent", something that also had considerable implications for the establishing of white/British female "superiority". | |
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