Divine domesticities Christian paradoxes in Asia and the Pacific / edited by Hyaeweol Choi and Margaret Jolly.
| Other author | Choi, Hyaeweol. |
| Other author | Jolly, Margaret, 1949- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Canaberra ACT : Australian National University Press, [2014] |
| Description | xii, 519 pages : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Paradoxes of domesticity: missionary encounters in the making of Christian homes in Asia and the Pacific / Haeweol Choi and Margaret Jolly -- Part one. Permeability and paradox: revisiting domestic and public in Asia and the Pacific -- The missionary home as a pulpit: domestic paradoxes in early twentieth-century Korea / Hyaeweol Choi -- Missionaries and "a better baby movement" in colonial Korea / Sonja M. Kim -- All other loves excelling: Mary Kidder, Wakamatsu Shizuko and modern marriage in Meiji Japan / Rebecca Copeland -- Raising the standards of family life: Ginling Women's College and Christian social service in republican China / Helen M. Schneider -- Part two. Sacred and secular genealogies: Christian missions and states, colonial and contemporary -- Sacred genealogies of development: Christianity and Indian modern / Kalpana Ram -- Ol meri bilong wok (hard-working women): women work and domesticity in Papua New Guinea / Jemima Mowbray -- Tired for nothing? Women, chiefs, and the domestication of customary authority in Solomon Islands / Debra McDougall. |
| Abstract | This multidisciplinary volume, is an outgrowth of several conferences/seminars. It critically examines various encounters between western missionaries and indigenous women in the Pacific/Asia. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2023525794 |
| ISBN | 9781925021943 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (PDF) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |