Mission and Cosmopolitan Mothering

This article discusses and analyzes mothering that crosses boundaries of care in spite of differences of nationality, culture and religion. Swedish missionary Alma Johansson was one of a remarkable number of women missionaries who volunteered as relief workers during the Armenian refugee crisis. The...

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Autor principal: Småberg, Maria 1969- (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Verificar disponibilidad: HBZ Gateway
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publicado: 2017
En: Social sciences and missions
Año: 2017, Volumen: 30, Número: 1/2, Páginas: 44-73
Otras palabras clave:B maternage humanitarisme transnationalisme cosmopolitisme genre génocide arménien
B Mothering humanitarianism transnationalism cosmopolitanism gender Armenian Genocide
Acceso en línea: Volltext (Publisher)
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Sumario:This article discusses and analyzes mothering that crosses boundaries of care in spite of differences of nationality, culture and religion. Swedish missionary Alma Johansson was one of a remarkable number of women missionaries who volunteered as relief workers during the Armenian refugee crisis. These women missionaries were often seen as mothers who were ‘saving a whole generation’. The article shows how Johansson acted as an external mother and created transnational bonds of solidarity between Swedish and Armenian mothers. The close relationships became a foundation for Armenian children and women to help themselves. However, in this mothering were also ambivalences.
Descripción Física:Online-Ressource
ISSN:1874-8945
Obras secundarias:In: Social sciences and missions
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/18748945-03001007