Negotiating Palestinian womanhood encounters between Palestinian women and American missionaries, 1880s-1940s / Enaya Hammad Othman.

Author/creator Othman, Enaya
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2016.
Description1 online resource.
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Contents Education and missionary activities in nineteenth century Palestine -- Quaker missionary women in Ramallah, 1889-1914 : first encounters -- The American Quaker teachers changing attitudes to their Palestinian students and culture after World War I -- Changing the women : the impact of teachers and curriculum -- The dogmas of domesticity, nationalism, and feminism among Palestinian students.
Abstract This book examines the American Quaker educational enterprise in Palestine since its establishment in the late nineteenth century during the Ottoman rule and into the British Mandate period. Quaker education intersected with national and social forces and allowed for Palestinian girls' negotiation of multiple discourses about nationalism, womanhood, and motherhood.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
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Issued in other formPrint version: Othman, Enaya, author. Negotiating Palestinian womanhood Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2016 9781498509237
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2016040111
ISBN9781498509244 (Electronic)

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