The making of manhood among Swedish missionaries in China and Mongolia, c. 1890-c. 1914 / / by Erik Sidenvall.
Over the last thirty years, issues of gender have been creatively explored within the field of mission studies. Whereas the life and work of female missionaries have been fruitfully reflected upon, male gender identity has often been understood as an unchanging category. This book offers a pioneerin...
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| Superior document: | Studies in Christian mission, v. 36 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in Christian mission ;
v. 36. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (208 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Summary: | Over the last thirty years, issues of gender have been creatively explored within the field of mission studies. Whereas the life and work of female missionaries have been fruitfully reflected upon, male gender identity has often been understood as an unchanging category. This book offers a pioneering account of the relationship between missionary work and masculinity. By examining four individual men this study explores how self-making occurred within foreign missions, but also how conceptions of male gender informed missionary work. Changes that occurred in the lives of these men are placed within the broader context of how issues of gender were renegotiated within the contemporary missionary movement. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-183) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1282400959 9786612400957 9047427548 |
| ISSN: | 0924-9389 ; |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | by Erik Sidenvall. |