Protestant missionary children's lives, c.1870-1950 (eBook)

Empire, religion and emotion

Hugh Morrison (Autor)

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2024
272 Seiten
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-5677-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Protestant missionary children were uniquely 'empire citizens' through their experiences of living in empire and in religiously formed contexts. This book examines their lives through the related lenses of parental, institutional and child narratives. To do so it draws on histories of childhood and of emotions, using a range of sources including oral history. It argues that missionary children were doubly shaped by parents' concerns and institutional policy responses. At the same time children saw their own lives as both 'ordinary' and 'complicated'. Literary representations boosted adult narratives. Empire provided a complex space in which these children navigated their way between the expectations of two, if not three, different cultures. The focus is on a range of settings and on the early twentieth century. Therefore, the book offers a complex and comparative picture of missionary children's lives.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.3.2024
• Reihe/Serie: Studies in Imperialism
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: Children and Empire • Children and Religion • children and spatiality • emotional labour • emotional narratives • Happiness • missionary children • New Zealand • protestant missions • Scotland
• ISBN-10: 1-5261-5677-6 / 1526156776
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5261-5677-8 / 9781526156778