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Lai, Keshia Shu-Hui.

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Mormons in the Lion City: Grassroots Diplomacy on Race, Gender, and Family, 1968-1995.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Mormons in the Lion City: Grassroots Diplomacy on Race, Gender, and Family, 1968-1995./
Author:	Lai, Keshia Shu-Hui.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2017,
Description:	373 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-07(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International79-07A(E).
Subject:	Religion. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=10753557
ISBN:	9780355557305

Mormons in the Lion City: Grassroots Diplomacy on Race, Gender, and Family, 1968-1995.
Lai, Keshia Shu-Hui.

Mormons in the Lion City: Grassroots Diplomacy on Race, Gender, and Family, 1968-1995. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2017 - 373 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-07(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Ohio State University, 2017.

In 1968, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also known as the Mormons, began missionary work in Singapore. I use oral history interviews, and archival and library sources to examine the informal, non-state sanctioned grassroots diplomacy that took place between Mormon missionaries and expatriates, and local converts in Singapore. These intercultural interactions had a profound impact on the way Singaporean Mormons conceptualized race, gender, and family, more so than on expatriates. Expatriates Mormons viewed Singaporeans and the local culture through a "Cold War Orientalist" lens that bordered on racism. But they were also eager to share their religion, traditions, and other Western cultural elements with Singaporeans, and openly expressed their affection for the local friends they made at church. Their genuine intentions and peaceful efforts to build friendships across racial lines ameliorated the tinges of racism underlying their actions.

ISBN: 9780355557305Subjects--Topical Terms:

516493
Religion.

Mormons in the Lion City: Grassroots Diplomacy on Race, Gender, and Family, 1968-1995.
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