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Chinese basket babies : a German missionary foundling home and the girls it raised (1850s-1914) /
Although the term and its meaning are little known today, everyone knew what foundlings were in the 19th century. They were unwanted infants abandoned by their parents. The plight of such children in China, believed by some to be eaten alive by wild animals, raised an outcry in parts of Western Euro...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Wiesbaden, Germany :
Otto Harrassowitz GmbH,
2014.
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| Colección: | Opera sinologica ;
26. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Pages; Table of Contents; Body; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Bethesda: A Gendered History; 1.1 From the Cradle to the Grave; 1.1.1 Founding Fathers and their Beliefs; 1.1.2 Early Missionaries and Growth; 1.1.3 Periodic Overview of Bethesda's Development; 1.1.4 Closure; 1.2 German Women to the Fore: Opening the Doorsfor Single Missionaries; 1.2.1 Factors Promoting the German Women's Missionary Movement; 1.2.2 Breaking into the Public Sphere: Spaces Exploited by the BFM; 1.2.3 Female Founders of the BFM: Warriors of Emancipation or Faith?; 1.2.4 BFM Missionaries.
- 1.2.5 Conclusion: Bethesda as a Colonial Farm2 Inside Bethesda: Social Engineering Using; 2.1 Foundling Homes as Disciplinary Institutions; 2.1.1 Ordered Lives; 2.1.2 Enclosure and Isolation; 2.1.3 Surveillance, Discipline and Punishment; 2.1.4 Docile Bodies the Pietist Way: Self Surveillance; 2.2 Bethesda's Products: Constructions of the Ideal Christian Woman; 2.2.1 Xianqi Liangmu; 2.2.2 Xianqi Liangmu or Career Women? Bethesda's Education Policy; 2.3 Conclusion: Docile Bodies or Chinese Christians?; 2.3.1 Bethesda as a Disciplinary Institution; 3 Marriage: Bethesda and Chinese Society.
- 3.1 From the Outside In: Marriage as a Tool of Re-Integration3.1.1 Foundlings: Th e Outsiders; 3.1.2 Bethesda: An Outside Space; 3.1.3 Re-Entry through Marriage; 3.2 Marriage the Bethesda Way; 3.2.1 Freedom of Choice; 3.3 Finding Grooms; 3.3.1 Selection Process; 3.3.2 Rating "Sons-in-law"; 3.4 Girls' Preferences; 3.4.1 Hakka Unpopularity; 3.4.2 Diff erence in Values with Missionary "Parents"; 3.5 Th e Chosen Ones: Bethesda "Sons-in-law"; 3.5.1 Backgrounds and Status; 3.5.2 Attitude towards Bethesda Girls; 3.5.3 Conclusion: Bad Choices.
- 4 For Richer for Poorer: Bethesda Brides and their Husbands4.1 Characters and Destinies: Bethesda Girls' Lives; 4.1.1 Methodological Considerations; 4.1.2 Judging the "Good" and the "Bad"; 4.2 Tales of the "Bad"; 4.2.1 Runaways; 4.2.2 Rebels; 4.2.3 Difficult; 4.2.4 Penitent; 4.2.5 Slow Learners; 4.3 Lives of the "Good"; 4.3.1 Pious; 4.3.2 Conformists; 4.3.3 Intelligent; 4.3.4 Role Models; 4.4 Conclusion: Bethesda's Unwritten Marriage Policy; 4.4.1 Missionary Power and Everyday Tactics; 4.4.2 Bethesda's Hidden Agenda; 5 New Women: Bethesda "Daughters" Making their Own Fortunes.
- 5.1 Constructions of Women and Gender Roles in Late Qing China5.1.1 Southern Guangdong as a Transformative Space; 5.2 Jobs for the Girls: Th e 1890s as a Watershed Decade; 5.2.1 Forces for Change at Bethesda; 5.3 New Spaces for Bethesda Girls; 5.3.1 Missionary Expansion as Job Creation; 5.4 Bethesda Girls Pioneering New Roles; 5.4.1 Single by Choice; 5.4.2 Married Women as Breadwinners; 5.4.3 Career Widows; 5.5 Bethesda's New Women; 5.5.1 Kang Aide and Bethesda's Pioneers; 5.5.2 Destiny Makers; 5.5.3 Kong Tai Heong; 5.6 Conclusion: New Spaces and Forging Roles for Chinese Women.