Rev. Simpson's ‘Improper Liberties’
Moral Scrutiny and Missionary Children in the South Seas Mission
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11944237 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Emily J Manktelow (0000-0001-8275-9202, University of Exeter, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 159-181 |
| Publication date | 2012-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Imperial & Commonwealth History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-6534 • E-ISSN: 1743-9329 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03086534.2012.697609 |
| OpenAlex | W2098336431 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 21 |
This article explores a case of alleged sexual abuse, by a missionary, of a number of missionary daughters in the South Seas mission. The rich material connected with this case allows for a powerful insight into the fabric of life of missionaries and their children, and illuminates various levels of moral scrutiny and social supervision that were embedded in the mission context. Parental moral scrutiny was the most effective mechanism to neutralise the internal threat posed by the potential deviance of missionary children. The levels of moral scrutiny in the mission were unevenly implemented, however, and the asymmetry of scrutiny that occurred (whereby missionary children were subjected to intense social and moral supervision, while missionaries themselves were permitted a certain level of deviation from spiritual and cultural norms) reflected the hierarchies of power and social dynamics of the mission context. This case led to the systemisation and legitimisation of both these scrutinies and these asymmetries, while further implementing new levels of social control, directed both at the behaviour of missionary children and the efficiency of parental moral scrutiny enacted by their parents
Context (archaeology · Criminology · Deviance (statistics · Environmental ethics · Political science · Power (physics · Scrutiny · Sociology · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · History · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Law · Philosophy
Blood Ground
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‘Good wives and mothers’ or ‘dedicated workers’? Contradictions of domesticity in the ‘mission of sisterhood’, Travancore, south India
Carnal Knowledge and Imperial Power
Carnal Knowledge and Imperial Power
Empire Families
The Civilising Mission and the English Middle Class, 1792–1850
Gendering colonialism or colonising gender
The Suppression of Mixed Marriages among LMS Missionaries in South Africa before 1820
The Scandal of Rev James Read and the Taming of the London Missionary Society by 1820
The British Missionary Enterprise since 1700
A House is not a Home
To save the girls for brighter and better lives’
Heated Debates over Crinolines
Club Talk
The Double Standard Revisited
Of Revelation and Revolution, Volume 2
Along the Archival Grain
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,08 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2013 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |