UID:
almahu_9949274248302882
Format:
1 online resource (243 pages)
ISBN:
9781498509244 (e-book)
Content:
This book examines the American Quaker educational enterprise in Palestine since its establishment in the late nineteenth century during the Ottoman rule and into the British Mandate period. Quaker education intersected with national and social forces and allowed for Palestinian girls' negotiation of multiple discourses about nationalism, womanhood, and motherhood.
Note:
Education and missionary activities in nineteenth century Palestine -- Quaker missionary women in Ramallah, 1889-1914 : first encounters -- The American Quaker teachers changing attitudes to their Palestinian students and culture after World War I -- Changing the women : the impact of teachers and curriculum -- The dogmas of domesticity, nationalism, and feminism among Palestinian students.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Othman, Enaya. Negotiating Palestinian womanhood : encounters between Palestinian women and American missionaries, 1880s-1940s. Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2016] ISBN 9781498509237
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
