Soigner et guérir au pays des mille collines: de l'activité sanitaire à la quête d'autonomie. Les Soeurs Blanches au Rwanda pendant l'entre-deux-guerres
Authors
Cornet, A.
Discipline
Philosophy, Ethics and Religion
Subject
History & politics
Audience
Scientific
Date
2014Publisher
Karthala
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Although the White Sisters were the second most important missionary group in Belgian Rwanda during the interwar period, the scientific literature generally ignores them. Were those Catholic nuns really so retiring in Central Africa? This article reviews the situation regarding their medical activities in interaction with the colonial State and the White Fathers. It points out their contradictions and ambiguities regarding the colonial domination, and their dependency upon the Catholic hierarchy. The health field proves to be propicious to an increasing presence of the White Sisters in the public arena, and to their quest for autonomy.
Citation
Cornet, A. (2014). Soigner et guérir au pays des mille collines: de l'activité sanitaire à la quête d'autonomie. Les Soeurs Blanches au Rwanda pendant l'entre-deux-guerres. , Histoire, monde et cultures religieuses, Vol. XXX/2; La mission au féminin dans un monde globalisé, 33-50, Karthala,Identifiers
Type
Article
Peer-Review
Yes
Language
fra