The communion of women: missions and gender in colonial Africa and the British metropole

The communion of women: missions and gender in colonial Africa and the British metropole

Prevost, Elizabeth E

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Elizabeth Prevost examines the massive Protestant campaign of female missionary expansion between the 1860s and 1930s, through a comparison of Anglican women's experience in Uganda and Madigascar. INDICE: Introduction: Missionary Feminism; Part I: Encountering Gender and Christianity in the African Mission Field; 1: The Pedagogy of Protection: Female Education in Madagascar, 1867-1901; 2: Beyond Baptism: The Politics of Conversion in Uganda, 1895-1907; 3: Christianizing Womanhood in Madagascar, 1901-1923; 4: Christianizing Womanhood in Uganda, 1910-1930; Part II: Evangelizing and Emancipating the Metropole; 5: Rethinking Christianity and Colonialism in the Wake of Total War; 6: Feminizing Church and State: Mission Christianityand Gender Politics, 1910-1928; 7: Globalizing Christian 'Sisterhood,' 1900-1930; Conclusion

  • ISBN: 978-0-19-957074-4
  • Editorial: Oxford University
  • Encuadernacion: Cartoné
  • Páginas: 328
  • Fecha Publicación: 18/03/2010
  • Nº Volúmenes: 1
  • Idioma: Inglés