The Mission's Children: Practices of Appropriation in the Photographs of Marind Children in the Annalen van O.L. Vrouw van het H. Hart, 1907-1935

The significance of children as instruments of socio-political change in colonial contexts is acknowledged in international research, but much remains unknown about the ways in which children were addressed and engaged in 'civilizing' practices. This article contributes to a better underst...

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Main Author: Reichgelt, Marleen (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Amsterdam University Press [2018]
In: Trajecta
Year: 2018, Volume: 27, Issue: 1, Pages: 171-194
RelBib Classification:KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBD Benelux countries
KBM Asia
KDB Roman Catholic Church
RJ Mission; missiology
Further subjects:B Missionaries
B Photography of children
B Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
B Catholic Church
B Marind (Indonesian people)

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