God''s Little Daughters - Catholic Women in Nineteenth-Century Manchuria

Ji Li is assistant professor of history at the University of Hong Kong.

List of contents

Preface

1. Christianity, Gender, and Literacy in Northeast China

2. Religion, Women, and Writing in Rural China

3. Religious Knowledge and Behavior

4. Establishing Faith in Local Society

5. Institutionalization and Indigenization

6. Faith, Gender, and a New Female Literacy in Modern China

Epilogue

Appendix

Glossary

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the author

Ji Li is assistant professor of history at the University of Hong Kong.

Summary

Outgrowth of the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of Michigan, 2009) under title: Becoming faithful: Christianity, literacy, and female consciousness in Northeast China, 1830-1930.

Product details

• Authors: Ji Li, Li Ji
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2017
• EAN: 9780295741758
• ISBN: 978-0-295-74175-8
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: Modern Language Initiative Boo; Modern Language Initiative Boo
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works