Fipa Families: Reproduction and Catholic Evangelization in Nkansi, Ufipa, 1880-1960 (Social History of Africa) - Hardcover

Smythe, Kathleen R.

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ISBN 10: 0325071128 ISBN 13: 9780325071121

Verlag: Praeger Publishers, 2006

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Book by Smythe Kathleen R

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Ufipa, a labor reserve for Tanganyika, witnessed minimal colonial development. In contrast, evangelization by White Fathers' Catholic missionaries began in the 1870s before colonial conquest and by the 1950s had secured some political, economic and much social authority in the region, witnessed by the fact that the vast majority of Fipa had converted to Catholicism. Fipa Families examines how this happened from the Fipa perspective. Initially, employees of the mission sought the education and moral upbringing of the missionaries for one or more children, substituting boarding school for the care that other relatives would have given. A few mission parents even opted to forego the multiple benefits of grandchildren so that a child could pursue the celibate path of a religious vocation. The opportunities of the Catholic Church complemented and competed with Fipa processes of social and biological reproduction. Catholicism became part of the fabric of Fipa society because of, and despite, its resonance with Fipa concerns. At the heart of both Fipa and missionary concerns for cultural and religious perpetuation were the processes of socialization (social reproduction) and biological reproduction, processes carried out within the context of the family. Such an argument rests on resurrecting the study of the family (rather than kinship, lineage, or clan) within African history.

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Kathleen R. Smythe is Associate Professor of history at Xavier University in Cincinnati. Her research and teaching interests include colonial and religious African history. She is currently pursuing research, teaching, and writing at the intersection of African and world history.

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• Verlag: Praeger Publishers
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0325071128
• ISBN 13: 9780325071121
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 232