| Description |
xiv, 393 pages : maps ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Garland reference library of the humanities ; v. H2059 |
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Gender, culture, and global politics ; v. 4 |
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Garland reference library of the humanities ; v. H2059
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Gender, culture, and global politics ; v. 4
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| Contents |
Ch. 1. The Missionary Scenario -- Ch. 2. Biblical Helpmeet and Evangelical Worker: The Missionary Wife -- Ch. 3. "Darkness," "Disease," the Zenana, and the "Heathen Woman": Constructing Discourses and Saving Souls -- Ch. 4. Documenting "Knowledge" and Producing Texts: An Analysis of Missionary Literature -- Ch. 5. Shifting Paradigms: Facing the Twentieth Century -- Ch. 6. Feminists, Philanthropists, Matriarchs, and Managers: The Single-Women Missionaries -- Ch. 7. Isabella Thoburn (1840-1901): The Lal Bagh School and the Isabella Thoburn College -- Ch. 8. Making Women Physicians and "Christ-Filled" Doctors: Ida Scudder (1870-1960) and the Christian Medical College, Vellore -- Ch. 9. "Living Voices": Missionary Legacies and "Indian Daughters" -- App. 1. Biographical Sketches of Single Women Missionaries -- App. 2. Questionairre for Alumnae of Women's Missionary Colleges |
| Analysis |
Protestant churches - Missions - India - History |
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Women missionaries - India - History |
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Missions, American - India - History |
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Women missionaries - United States - History |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-385) and index |
| Subject |
Women missionaries -- India -- History.
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Women missionaries -- United States -- History.
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Missions, American -- India -- History.
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Protestant churches -- Missions -- India -- History.
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Missions, American -- South Asia -- History.
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Women missionaries.
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| LC no. |
99028674 |
| ISBN |
0815328249 |
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