Protestant Missionary Children's Lives, C.1870-1950: Empire, Religion and Emotion

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Hugh Morrison

Protestant Missionary Children's Lives, C.1870-1950

Empire, Religion and Emotion

Hugh Morrison

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English

Manchester University Press
20 February 2024

Social & cultural history; History of religion; Protestantism & Protestant Churches; Christian mission & evangelism

Series: Studies in Imperialism

Protestant missionary children were uniquely ‘empire citizens’ through their experiences of living in empire and in religiously formed contexts. This book examines their lives through the related lenses of parental, institutional and child narratives.

To do so it draws on histories of childhood and of emotions, using a range of sources including oral history. It argues that missionary children were doubly shaped by parents’ concerns and institutional policy responses. At the same time children saw their own lives as both ‘ordinary’ and ‘complicated’. Literary representations boosted adult narratives. Empire provided a complex space in which these children navigated their way between the expectations of two, if not three, different cultures. The focus is on a range of settings and on the early twentieth century. Therefore, the book offers a complex and comparative picture of missionary children’s lives.

By: Hugh Morrison
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 551g
ISBN: 9781526156785
ISBN 10: 1526156784
Series: Studies in Imperialism
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 20 February 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction: Children, missions, empire and emotions 1 Public representations: missionary children inhabiting literary spaces 2 Parental narratives 3 Institutional narratives 4 Children’s and young people’s narratives: life as ordinary 5 Children’s and young people’s narratives: life as complicated 6 Private navigations: missionary children inhabiting imperial and colonial spaces Conclusion Index -- .

Hugh Morrison is Associate Professor of Education at the University of Otago -- .