Adam's ribs: Gender, colonialism, and the missionaries, 1800-1860

Description:

This thesis argues that critical attention to Protestant missionaries is crucial to an understanding of the implementation of imperial and colonial projects in the nineteenth century. It contends that missionary activity provided a moral allegorisation of empire which mobilised a range of cultural maneuvers important to the imperial nation during this period and that colonial missionary work significantly influenced debates within Britain about race, class, gender, and domesticity. This study argues that this dual process can be productively...

Display date:

1999-01-01

Location:

Polynesia

Format:

thesis

Collections:

University of Queensland Library

Publisher:

The University of Queensland, School of English, Media Studies and Art History

Content partner:

University of Queensland Library

Availability:

Online