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Missionary writing and empire, 1800-1860 / Anna Johnston

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher number: :Brijwasi Book Distributors | :H-87, Lalita Park laxmi Nagar Delhi 110092Series: Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture, 38Publication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.Description: xii, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780521049559
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 266.023 JOH
Contents:
The British Empire, colonialism, and missionary activity -- Gender, domesticity, and colonial evangelisation -- Empire, India, and evangelisation -- Missionary writing in India -- Imperialism, suffragism, and nationalism -- Polynesian missions and the European imaginary -- Missionary writing in Polynesia -- The Australian colonies and empire -- Missionary writing in Australia -- Conclusion: missionary writing, the imperial archive and postcolonial politics.
Summary: Johnston analyses missionary writing under the aegis of the British Empire and argues that missionaries occupied ambiguous positions in colonial cultures, caught between religous and imperial interests.
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The British Empire, colonialism, and missionary activity --
Gender, domesticity, and colonial evangelisation --
Empire, India, and evangelisation --
Missionary writing in India --
Imperialism, suffragism, and nationalism --
Polynesian missions and the European imaginary --
Missionary writing in Polynesia --
The Australian colonies and empire --
Missionary writing in Australia --
Conclusion: missionary writing, the imperial archive and postcolonial politics.

Johnston analyses missionary writing under the aegis of the British Empire and argues that missionaries occupied ambiguous positions in colonial cultures, caught between religous and imperial interests.

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