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Genders and Sexualities in History Ser.: Missionary Masculinity, 1870-1930 : The Norwegian Missionaries in South-East Africa by Kristin Fjelde Tjelle (2014, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan The Limited
ISBN-101137336358
ISBN-139781137336354
eBay Product ID (ePID)167757515
Product Key Features
Number of PagesXii, 325 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameMissionary Masculinity, 1870-1930 : the Norwegian Missionaries in South-East Africa
SubjectSociology / General, Africa / General, Men's Studies, Religious, Modern / General, Europe / General
Publication Year2014
TypeTextbook
AuthorKristin Fjelde Tjelle
Subject AreaSocial Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
SeriesGenders and Sexualities in History Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight185.8 Oz
Item Length8.6 in
Item Width5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2013-042164
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"Tjelle study is a vital and innovative component of wider historical studies of the relationship between religious belief and masculinity. ... Missionary masculinity is an important, fascinating and innovating contribution to the field of historical masculinity ... ." (Catherine Jamieson, Theology & Sexuality, Vol. 21 (2), 2016) "Kristin Fjelde Tjelle makes a significant contribution to what is still a relatively new approach to the history of the foreign mission movement of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. ... will be most useful to Africanist readers with a prior understanding of southern African history and/or the history of missions during the period under study. ... Missionary Masculinity's theoretical groundings and transnational perspective will offer significant insights into important historical questions and suggest multiple avenues for further research." (Sara C. Jorgensen, African Studies Quarterly, Vol. 16 (1), December, 2015), "Kristin Fjelde Tjelle makes a significant contribution to what is still a relatively new approach to the history of the foreign mission movement of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. ... will be most useful to Africanist readers with a prior understanding of southern African history and/or the history of missions during the period under study. ... Missionary Masculinity's theoretical groundings and transnational perspective will offer significant insights into important historical questions and suggest multiple avenues for further research." (Sara C. Jorgensen, African Studies Quarterly, Vol. 16 (1), December, 2015)
Number of Volumes1 vol.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal266.02348100811
Table Of Content1. Introduction: Missionaries and Masculinities PART 1: THE CONSTRUCTION OF NORWEGIAN LUTHERAN MISSIONARY MASCULINITY 2. Missionary Self-Making 3. Proper Missionary Masculinity 4. Confessional Missionary Masculinity 5. Norwegian Missionary Masculinity and 'Other' Zulu Masculinity 6. Missionary Masculinity versus Missionary Femininity PART 2: MISSIONARY MASCULINITY BETWEEN PROFESSIONALISM AND PRIVACY 7. Missionary Men 8. Family Men 9. Men in The World
SynopsisWhat kind of men were missionaries? What kind of masculinity did they represent, in ideology as well as in practice? Presupposing masculinity to be a cluster of cultural ideas and social practices that change over time and space, and not a stable entity with a natural, inherent meaning, Kristin Fjelde Tjelle seeks to answer such questions., What kind of men were missionaries? What kind of masculinity did they represent, in ideology as well as in practice? Presupposing masculinity to be a cluster of cultural ideas and social practices that change over time and space, and not a stable entity with a natural, inherent and given meaning, Kristin Fjelde Tjelle seeks to answer such questions. Using case studies of Norwegian Mission Society members the author argues that missionary masculinity was the result of a complex dialogue between the ideals of male 'self-making' associated with the late nineteenth century and the Christian ideal of self-denial. This masculinity was also the product of the tension between male missionaries' identity as modern professional breadwinners and their identity as 'pre-modern' patriarchs whose calling demanded the integration of their private lives and their public roles as missionaries. Missionary manliness (or appropriate mission masculinity) supported the upward social mobility of Norwegian men from fairly humble backgrounds and, more importantly, gave them power - but power that was always threatened by the dangers of inappropriate mission masculinity - or unmanliness.
LC Classification NumberDT1-3415
