Negotiating Palestinian womanhood encounters between Palestinian women and American missionaries, 1880s-1940s / Enaya Hammad Othman.
| Author/creator | Othman, Enaya |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2016. |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| 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 note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Othman, Enaya, author. Negotiating Palestinian womanhood Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2016 9781498509237 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2016040111 |
| ISBN | 9781498509244 (Electronic) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |