Missionary families Raza Rumi

Missionary families Raza RumiPresents an innovative argument for the significance of missionaries familial relations in the philosophy, conduct and outcomes of mission work during the nineteenth century.

Taking as its starting point four contemporary visual artists whose work utilizes the conventions of museum display and collecting practices

based on a close reading of the text

together with a collection of writings from many different disciplines and perspectives on its various themes

Engages with nineteenth-century visual culture in an unusually broad way

particularly in the expansion of the paperback that took place from the late 1950s onwards

which are now allowing individuals from very different disciplines to work collaboratively to develop new projects

highly influencing European perceptions of exotic lands and peoples at the onset of the Age of Discoveries

in the contexts of their production and reception

1960s and the 1990s

and methodological knowledge in this collection

examining how she developed as a professional in the early twentieth century

Sylvia Townsend Warner’s Lolly Willowes