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Missionary Masculinity, 1870-1930

The Norwegian Missionaries in South-East Africa
By:Kenneth A. Loparo
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9781137336354
eText ISBN:9781137336361
Edition:0
Copyright:2013
Format:Reflowable

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What kind of men were missionaries? What kind of masculinity did they represent, in ideology as well as in practice? Presupposing masculinity to be a cluster of cultural ideas and social practices that change over time and space, and not a stable entity with a natural, inherent meaning, Kristin Fjelde Tjelle seeks to answer such questions.