Missionaries, modernity and the moving image: Re-presenting the Melanesian Other to Christian communities in the West between the World Wars

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Missionaries, modernity and the moving image: Re-presenting the Melanesian Other to Christian communities in the West between the World Wars

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This thesis considers conflicting representational strategies used by Christian missionaries in displaying Melanesian people to white audiences in the West with particular reference to films made during the period of colonial modernity between 1917 and 1935. Most scholarly work on Christian mission in the Pacific has focussed on the nineteenth century and on the effect of Christianisation on indigenous populations, rather than on the effect of mission propaganda on Western communities. This t...

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14 Nov, 2021

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Ramage, Stella

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Missionaries / Melanesia / Modernity / School: School of Art History, Classics and Religious Studies / 190102 Art History / 210313 Pacific History (excl. New Zealand and Māori) / 970119 Expanding Knowledge through Studies of the Creative Arts and Writing / Degree Discipline: Art History / Degree Level: Doctoral / Degree Name: Doctor of Philosophy / Art History / Pacific History (excl. New Zealand and Maori)

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