Author

Publication

2015 - De Gruyter, Berlin, Germany

Language

German

Word Count

97,000 words, Guess

Page Count

388 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC266/.485014
  • LCCBV2370.S95 A35 2015
  • LCCBV2370.S95A35 2015

Description

"This study focuses on the use of language in Protestant missionary publications. The author examines the communicative strategies for legitimizing Swedish missions in Africa and Asia around 1900 and reveals the ways that intersections between Christian religious ideas and colonialist, racist notions of superiority were used to justify missionary activities"--

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Diskursmuster = Discourse patterns -- 10

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