Sutapa Dutta

British Women Missionaries in Bengal, 1793-1861

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Produktbeschreibung

'British Women Missionaries in Bengal, 1793-1861' looks at the role and contributions of the early British women missionaries in Bengal, in eastern India, between 1793 and 1861. It traces the role of and challenges faced by women missionaries from Hannah Marshman to Hannah Mullens in the context of colonial evangelism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 442g
• ISBN-13: 9781783087266
• ISBN-10: 1783087269
• Artikelnr.: 49563222

Autorenporträt

Sutapa Dutta teaches English at Gargi College, University of Delhi, India. She received her doctorate in English from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part One: On a Double Mission
1. Merchants, Mercenaries, Missionaries
2. Representing 'Otherness' and the Agenda of Reform
Part Two: Female Agency
3. 'Helpmeets' and Wives of Missionaries
4. 'Mothers' and Single Women Missionaries
Part Three: Intertwined Images
5. 'Ladies' and the Zenana
6. The 'Good' and the 'Bad' Sisters
Notes
Index.