Growing up with God and Empire : A Postcolonial Analysis of Missionary Kid Memoirs /

This book analyzes the memoirs of 42 'missionary kids' - the children of North American Protestant missionaries in countries all over the world during the 20th century. Using a postcolonial lens the book explores ways in which the missionary enterprise was part of, or intersected with, the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Vandrick, Stephanie (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol ; Blue Ridge Summit : Multilingual Matters, [2018]
Colección:Critical Language and Literacy Studies
Temas:
Children of missionaries > Biography > History and criticism.
Imperialism.
Postcolonialism.
RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Evangelism.
colonialism.
empire.
memoir studies.
memoir.
missionaries.
missionary kids.
post-colonial.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Series Editors' Preface
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Research
  • 3. The Exotic
  • 4. Treatment of Local People
  • 5. Schooling
  • 6. Learning Local Languages (or Not)
  • 7. Gender
  • 8. Race and Social Class
  • 9. Implications
  • A Personal Epilogue
  • References
  • Index

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