Converting Women - Gender and Protestant Christianity in Colonial South India

Zusatztext "Kent deftly examines the twists and turns in the lives of women missionaries and their female converts as they accommodated and selectively appropriated Victorian evangelical theology with Indian and British expectations for female comportment. Kent's engaging portrayal of a complicated mix of cultural and religious expectations affords the reader a fascinating view of the ways mission both hampered and enhanced female authority and autonomy on both sides of the colonial divide. Kent's work adds important depth to our understanding of colonial and gendered power dynamics as well as to the intricacies of conversion itself."--Corinne G. Dempsey, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point Informationen zum Autor Eliza F. Kent is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Colgate University. Klappentext With the emergence of Hindu nationalism, the conversion of Indians to Christianity has become a volatile issue, erupting in violence against converts and missionaries. At the height of British colonialism, however, conversion was a path to upward mobility for low-castes and untouchables, especially in the Tamil-speaking south of India. In this book, Eliza F. Kent takes a fresh look at these conversions, focusing especially on the experience of women converts and the ways in which conversion transformed gender roles and expectations. Zusammenfassung At the height of British colonialism, conversion to Christianity was a path to upward mobility for Indian low-castes and untouchables, especially in the Tamil-speaking south of India. Kent examines these conversions, focusing especially on the experience of women converts and the ways in which conversion transformed gender roles and expectations.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Eliza F Kent, Eliza F. Kent, Eliza F. (Assistant Professor of Philosophy Kent, Eliza F. (Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religion Kent, Kent Eliza F.
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 22.04.2004
• EAN: 9780195165074
• ISBN: 978-0-19-516507-4
• Pagine: 336
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Missions, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Evangelism, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, India, Christian mission & evangelism, Christianity, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Religious mission and Religious Conversion