"De lärde sig lika fort och gjorde det lika bra som hwita barn" : En studie om ambivalens i Kongomissionens årsberättelser 1881–1902

By examining the annual records produced for, and published in, Svenska Missionsförbundet’s annual meeting protocol, this essay aims to analyze how Swedish missionaries located in the Congo Free State created the image of themselves and various people around them from missionary stations in the area...

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Main Author: Svensson, Tobias
Format: Others
Language:Swedish
Published: Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV) 2021
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spelling ndltd-UPSALLA1-oai-DiVA.org-lnu-1037792021-06-01T05:25:41Z"De lärde sig lika fort och gjorde det lika bra som hwita barn" : En studie om ambivalens i Kongomissionens årsberättelser 1881–1902swe”They learned as well and did it as quick as the white children” : A Study on Ambivalence in the Congo Mission’s Annual Reports 1881–1902Svensson, TobiasLinnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)2021Svenska MissionsförbundetKongomissionenårsberättelsetextanalyskolonialismpostkolonialismHistoryHistoriaHistory of ReligionsReligionshistoriaBy examining the annual records produced for, and published in, Svenska Missionsförbundet’s annual meeting protocol, this essay aims to analyze how Swedish missionaries located in the Congo Free State created the image of themselves and various people around them from missionary stations in the area surrounding the Congo river.  In its essence, the results of the study show that the missionaries use the missionary stations as fostering institutions, where Congolese boys and young men are taught civilized manners. No matter their effort and achievement though, the notion of racial differences embedded in the missionaries, locks the Congolese men in a subordinate state from which they may not leave. Student thesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesistexthttp://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-103779application/pdfinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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topic Svenska Missionsförbundet
Kongomissionen
årsberättelse
textanalys
kolonialism
postkolonialism
History
Historia
History of Religions
Religionshistoria
spellingShingle Svenska Missionsförbundet
Kongomissionen
årsberättelse
textanalys
kolonialism
postkolonialism
History
Historia
History of Religions
Religionshistoria
Svensson, Tobias
"De lärde sig lika fort och gjorde det lika bra som hwita barn" : En studie om ambivalens i Kongomissionens årsberättelser 1881–1902
description By examining the annual records produced for, and published in, Svenska Missionsförbundet’s annual meeting protocol, this essay aims to analyze how Swedish missionaries located in the Congo Free State created the image of themselves and various people around them from missionary stations in the area surrounding the Congo river.  In its essence, the results of the study show that the missionaries use the missionary stations as fostering institutions, where Congolese boys and young men are taught civilized manners. No matter their effort and achievement though, the notion of racial differences embedded in the missionaries, locks the Congolese men in a subordinate state from which they may not leave.
author Svensson, Tobias
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title "De lärde sig lika fort och gjorde det lika bra som hwita barn" : En studie om ambivalens i Kongomissionens årsberättelser 1881–1902
title_short "De lärde sig lika fort och gjorde det lika bra som hwita barn" : En studie om ambivalens i Kongomissionens årsberättelser 1881–1902
title_full "De lärde sig lika fort och gjorde det lika bra som hwita barn" : En studie om ambivalens i Kongomissionens årsberättelser 1881–1902
title_fullStr "De lärde sig lika fort och gjorde det lika bra som hwita barn" : En studie om ambivalens i Kongomissionens årsberättelser 1881–1902
title_full_unstemmed "De lärde sig lika fort och gjorde det lika bra som hwita barn" : En studie om ambivalens i Kongomissionens årsberättelser 1881–1902
title_sort "de lärde sig lika fort och gjorde det lika bra som hwita barn" : en studie om ambivalens i kongomissionens årsberättelser 1881–1902
publisher Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)
publishDate 2021
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