Date of Award
2003
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Liberal Arts
Department
Rhetoric & Comm Studies
First Advisor
Dr. Mari Lee Mifsud
Second Advisor
Dr. Archana J. Bhatt
Third Advisor
Adrienne Azhderian-Kelly
Abstract
This project is a tropological and visual exploration of the rhetorics of Christian missionary culture written in an auto-ethnographic mode. The texts explored include a sample of recruitment brochures produced by mission's organizations, recorded accounts of those who were affected by missions, either as a missionary or as a member of the respondent culture, and journals and photographic images from my own short term missionary work. This exploration is driven by my curiosity about the power dynamics of Christian missionary work: Is the work of a Christian missionary culture a type of cultural imposition and domination? Can Christian missionary work be seen as a crosscultural encounter, in which both cultures are transformed?
Recommended Citation
Draffin, Marian, "Cultural imposition or cross-cultural communication: an auto-ethnographic exploration of Christian missionary rhetorics" (2003). Honors Theses. 332.
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/honors-theses/332