ISBN:
9780295994727
Language:
English
Pages:
XII, 218 S.
,
Ill.
Series Statement:
Modern language initiative books
DDC:
282/.518082
Keywords:
Catholic Church Missions
;
History
;
Catholic Church
;
Missions étrangères de Paris
;
Missions History
;
Manchuria (China) Church history
;
Hochschulschrift
;
Hochschulschrift
;
Hochschulschrift
;
Mandschurei
;
Katholische Kirche
;
Mission
;
Pariser Missionsgesellschaft
;
Pourquié, Dominique Maurice 1812-1871
;
Frau
;
Brief
;
Geschichte 1840-1900
Description / Table of Contents:
Preface : Discovering the Du lettersAcknowledgments -- Christianity, gender, and literacy in Northeast China -- Religion, women, and writing in rural China -- Religious knowledge and behavior -- Establishing faith in local society -- Institutionalization and indigenization -- Faith, gender, and a new female literacy in modern China -- Epilogue : Meeting the Du descendants -- Appendix : MEP missionaries and indigenous priests.
Note:
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
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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