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Gender, Power and Sexual Abuse in the Pacific
Rev. Simpson’s “Improper Liberties”
Gender, Power and Sexual Abuse in the Pacific
Rev. Simpson’s “Improper Liberties”
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In 1843 on the island of Tahiti the evangelical missionary Rev. Alexander Simpson was accused of sexually assaulting three of the female students under his care, and of taking 'improper liberties' with at least three more. The events did not come out in public for at least a decade, while Simpson's power in the local community only grew and rumblings relating to his wrong-doings were ruthlessly 'crushed'.
By exploring the case of Rev. Simpson, Emily Manktelow gives us key insights into the gender, power and racial dynamics of a particular case of sexual abuse on the frontiers of European colonialism. She explores the social and sexual context of clerical abuse, considers the hierarchies of gender and power that determined how the case was handled, and investigates the nature of colonialism, gender and abuse in the 19th century.
The uncomfortably timely content of Gender, Power and Sexual Abuse in the Pacific allows us to interrogate the way we deal with and represent issues of abuse, authority and childhood. It aims to give voice to those whom the archive has silenced, and to listen to what they have to tell us about gender, sexuality and abuse in the modern world.
Table of Contents
List of Abbreviations
PART I: INTRODUCTIONS
Prologue
1. Rev. Simpson's “Improper Liberties”
PART II: CONTEXTS
2. Approaches
3. Our Sea of Islands
4. The South Seas Mission
PART III: INTERPRETATIONS
5. 'The Benefit of Every Doubt'
6. Victim-Blaming
7. Gossip, Rumour and Reputation
8. Defamation, Drunkenness and Dismissal
PART IV: CONCLUSIONS
9. Concluding Reflections: History, Memory and Truth-Making
Notes
Bibliography
Primary Sources
Unpublished
Published
Secondary Sources
Index
Product details
| Published | 26 Jul 2018 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 256 |
| ISBN | 9781474276375 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 10 bw illus |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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