Missionary Writing and Empire, 1800-1860

ISBN-13: 9780521826990 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 280 str.

Anna Johnston; Gillian Beer

Opis

Arguing that missionaries occupied ambiguous positions in colonial cultures, Anna Johnson analyzes missionary writing under the aegis of the British Empire. Johnson reveals how missionaries were caught between imperial and religious interests through an examination of texts published by the largest and most influential nineteenth-century evangelical institution, the London Missionary Society. Texts from Indian, Polynesian, and Australian missions are also examined to highlight their representation of nineteenth-century evangelical activity in relationship to gender, colonialism, and race.

Recenzje

' … well-researched and informative book …' Modern Language Review

Spis treści

Acknowledgements; Introduction: writing missionaries; Part I. The Mission Statement: 1. The British Empire, colonialism and missionary activity; 2. Gender, domesticity and colonial evangelisation; Part II. The London Missionary Society in India: 3. Empire, India and evangelisation; 4. Missionary writing in India; 5. Imperialism, suffragism and nationalism; Part III. The London Missionary Society in Polynesia: 6. Polynesian missions and the European imaginary; 7. Missionary writing in Polynesia; Part IV. The London Missionary Society in Australia: 8. The Australian colonies and empire; 9. Missionary writing in Australia; Conclusion: missionary writing, the imperial archive and postcolonial politics; Notes; Bibliography; Index.