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“From Barbarism to Civilization and Refinement”: Protestant Missionary Women and Misrepresentations of Hawaiian Culture in the Sandwich Islands Mission, 1820-1863

Panel: 
Paradise and Its Discontents: 19th and Early 20th Century European and American Representations of Polynesian and Melanesian Culture and Society
Abstract: 

Missionary women evoked misrepresentations of Native Hawaiians and Hawaiian culture to justify the active work they performed outside of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions’ directives during the Sandwich Islands Mission.

Presenter Information
First Name: 
Michelle
Last Name: 
Stonis
Institution: 
Grand Canyon University