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God's Little Daughters
Catholic Women in Nineteenth-Century ManchuriaModern Language Initiative Books
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97,99 € |
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| Verlag: | University Of Washington Press |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 01.08.2015 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9780295806037 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 232 |
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Beschreibungen
<p><i>God's Little Daughters</i> examines a set of letters written by Chinese Catholic women from a small village in Manchuria to their French missionary, "Father Lin," or Dominique Maurice Pourquié, who in 1870 had returned to France in poor health after spending twenty-three years at the local mission of the Société des Missions Etrangères de Paris (MEP). </p>
<p>The letters were from three sisters of the Du family, who had taken religious vows and committed themselves to a life of contemplation and worship that allowed them rare privacy and the opportunity to learn to read and write. Inspired by a close reading of the letters, Ji Li explores how French Catholic missionaries of the MEP translated and disseminated their Christian message in northeast China from the mid-19th to the early 20th centuries, and how these converts interpreted and transformed their Catholic faith to articulate an awareness of self. The interplay of religious experience, rhetorical skill, and gender relations revealed in the letters allow us to reconstruct the neglected voices of Catholic women in rural China.</p>
<p>The letters were from three sisters of the Du family, who had taken religious vows and committed themselves to a life of contemplation and worship that allowed them rare privacy and the opportunity to learn to read and write. Inspired by a close reading of the letters, Ji Li explores how French Catholic missionaries of the MEP translated and disseminated their Christian message in northeast China from the mid-19th to the early 20th centuries, and how these converts interpreted and transformed their Catholic faith to articulate an awareness of self. The interplay of religious experience, rhetorical skill, and gender relations revealed in the letters allow us to reconstruct the neglected voices of Catholic women in rural China.</p>
<p>Preface</p>
<p>1. Christianity, Gender, and Literacy in Northeast China</p>
<p>2. Religion, Women, and Writing in Rural China</p>
<p>3. Religious Knowledge and Behavior</p>
<p>4. Establishing Faith in Local Society</p>
<p>5. Institutionalization and Indigenization </p>
<p>6. Faith, Gender, and a New Female Literacy in Modern China</p>
<p>Epilogue</p>
<p>Appendix</p>
<p>Glossary</p>
<p>Notes</p>
<p>Bibliography</p>
<p>Index</p>
<p>1. Christianity, Gender, and Literacy in Northeast China</p>
<p>2. Religion, Women, and Writing in Rural China</p>
<p>3. Religious Knowledge and Behavior</p>
<p>4. Establishing Faith in Local Society</p>
<p>5. Institutionalization and Indigenization </p>
<p>6. Faith, Gender, and a New Female Literacy in Modern China</p>
<p>Epilogue</p>
<p>Appendix</p>
<p>Glossary</p>
<p>Notes</p>
<p>Bibliography</p>
<p>Index</p>
<p>Ji Li is assistant professor of history at the University of Hong Kong.</p>
<p>"<i>God’s Little Daughters</i> is an interesting historical study based on an examination of the documents of the MEP in Manchuria. These documents may arouse the curiosity and passion of the researcher."—R. Po-chia Hsia, author of<i> A Jesuit in the Forbidden City</i></p>
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