Women and the White Man's God: Gender and Race in the Canadian Mission Field

Women and the White Man's God: Gender and Race in the Canadian Mission Field
ISBN-10
0774850299
ISBN-13
9780774850292
Category
History
Pages
226
Language
English
Published
2014-06-24
Publisher
UBC Press
Author
Myra Rutherdale

Description

Based on diaries, letters, and mission correspondence, Women and the White Man's God is the first comprehensive examination of women's roles in domestic Anglican missions in northern British Columbia, Yukon, and the Northwest Territories. The status of women in the Anglican Church, gender relations in the mission field, and encounters between Aboriginals and missionaries are carefully scrutinized. Arguing that the mission encounter challenged colonial hierarchies, Rutherdale expands our understanding of colonization at the intersection of gender, race, and religion.

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