Missionary Discourses of Difference Negotiating Otherness in the British Empire, 1840-1900
Description
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.
Keywords
HistoryAsiaAfricaEuropeGreat BritainModernPolitical ScienceImperialismSouthColonialism & Post-Colonialism
2012Book
Author(s)Esme Cleall
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9780230296800
LanguageEnglish
