Myra Rutherdale

Women and the White Man's God

Gender and Race in the Canadian Mission Field

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Based on diaries, letters, and mission correspondence, this is the first comprehensive examination of women's roles in Anglican missions that were active in northern British Columbia, Yukon, and the Northwest Territories between 1860 and 1940.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 367g
• ISBN-13: 9780774809054
• ISBN-10: 0774809051
• Artikelnr.: 41611046

Autorenporträt

Myra Rutherdale completed her PhD at York University and teaches Women's Studies and History at Simon Fraser University and at the University of British Columbia.

Inhaltsangabe

Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Breaking Down the Barriers: Gender and the Anglican Church at Home
2 Perceptions and Interpretations of the "Other"
3 "I Wish the Men Were Half as Good": Gender Relations in the Mission Field
4 "Oh, To Be in England": Making a Home Away from Home
5 Motherhood and Morality
6 Contesting Control while Encouraging Zeal
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index