Missionary Men in the Early Modern World : German Jesuits and Pacific Journeys /

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How did gender shape the expanding Jesuit enterprise in the early modern world? What did it take to become a missionary man? And how did missionary masculinity align itself with the European colonial project? This book highlights the central importance of male affective ties and masculine mimesis in...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Strasser, Ulrike (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2020]
Series:Gendering the Late Medieval and Early Modern World
Subjects:
Jesuits > Missions.
Jesuits
Missionaries > Germany.
Masculinity > Religious aspects > Catholic Church.
Early modern masculinities, gender, missions, Jesuits, German.
History.
Missionnaires > Allemagne.
Masculinité > Aspect religieux > Église catholique.
Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700.
Christian mission and evangelism.
Gender studies: men.
HISTORY / Modern / 16th Century.
Masculinity > Religious aspects > Catholic Church
Missionaries
Missions
Germany
dictionaries.
Dictionaries.
Dictionnaires.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • Missionary Men on the Move
  • 1 Manly Missions
  • 2 Braving the Waves with Francis Xavier
  • 3 Of Missionaries, Martyrs, and Makahnas
  • 4 Martyrdom, Matrilineality, and the Virgin Mary
  • 5 Writing Women's Lives and Mapping Indigenous Spaces
  • Conclusion and Epilogue
  • Bibliography
  • About the Author
  • Index

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