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Negotiating Palestinian womanhood : encounters between Palestinian women and American missionaries, 1880s-1940s / Enaya Hammad Othman.
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Othman, Enaya
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Book
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English
Published/Created
Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2016]
Description
xxiv, 217 pages ; 23 cm
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HQ1728.5 .O84 2016
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Women
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Palestine
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Social conditions
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20th century
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Americans
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Palestine
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History
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20th century
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Quakers
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Palestine
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History
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20th century
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Women missionaries
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Palestine
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History
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20th century
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Summary note
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.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-207) and index.
Contents
Education and missionary activities in nineteenth century Palestine
Quaker missionary women in Ramallah, 1889-1914 : first encounters
Changing attitudes after World War I
Changing the women : the impact of teachers and curriculum
The dogmas of domesticity, nationalism, and feminism among Palestinian students.
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ISBN
9781498509237 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
1498509231
1498509258 ((pbk.))
9781498509251 ((pbk.))
149850924X ((ebook))
9781498509244 ((ebook))
LCCN
2016037410
OCLC
957134475
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