Gendered missions: Women and men in missionary discourse and practice

Review of a book focusing women active in Christian religious missionary work in Africa, Asia and Oceania in the nineteenth and early twentieth century. This theme is discussed with a view to the changing gender ideologies of middle-class Europeans at the time, the major sponsors of the missions.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schouten, Maria Johanna Christina (author)
Format: review
Language:eng
Published: 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/4419
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:ubibliorum.ubi.pt:10400.6/4419
Description
Summary:Review of a book focusing women active in Christian religious missionary work in Africa, Asia and Oceania in the nineteenth and early twentieth century. This theme is discussed with a view to the changing gender ideologies of middle-class Europeans at the time, the major sponsors of the missions.