RT Article
T1 Missions and the Construction of Gender in the Middle East: Introduction
JF Social sciences and missions
VO 34
IS 1/2
SP 1
OP 27
A1 Gabry-Thienpont, Séverine
A1 Neveu, Norig
LA English
PB Brill
YR 2021
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/175873390X
AB Abstract The introduction to this special issue considers interdisciplinary approaches to the study of gender within missions to the Middle East, from the nineteenth century to the present. By highlighting the piecemeal nature of existing historical and anthropological research, it throws light on the transnational dynamics and gendered constructions of missionary activity, along with its nationalist dimensions. The studies presented here examine long-term gendered constructions of missionary activities in ways that encompass both femininities and masculinities, along with constructions of womanhood and manhood. By putting the question of gender at the heart of their works, the contributors to this special issue affirm the centrality of gendered approaches for understanding the social, cultural and religious relationships between missionaries and local peoples whom they encountered.
K1 Westernisation
K1 Masculinities
K1 femininities
K1 Gender
K1 Transnationalism
K1 missionary work
K1 Middle-East
DO 10.1163/18748945-03401005