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OverviewWhat 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kristin Fjelde TjellePublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 5.268kg ISBN: 9781137336354ISBN 10: 1137336358 Pages: 325 Publication Date: 17 January 2014 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsKristin 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) 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) Author InformationKristin Fjelde Tjelle is a historian and Director of the School of Mission and Theology in Stavanger, Norway. Her research is on the Norwegian Missionary Movement in the nineteenth and twentieth century with a particular interest in missions and gender. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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