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From slave girls to salvation : gender, race, and Victoria's Chinese Rescue Home, 1886-1923

Ikebuchi, Shelly, 1962- author

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\"From its origins as a project to rescue Chinese prostitutes and slave girls from a life of supposed depravity, the Chinese Rescue Home became a feature of the moral and racial landscape of Victoria--a place where the Methodist Women's Missionary Society attempted to reform Chinese and Japanese girls and women, in part by teaching them domestic skills meant to ease their integration into Western society. Between 1886 and 1923, the home sheltered over 400 Chinese and Japanese women. Yet, despite the historical significance of this important institution, little has been written on its history. Drawing on a rich collection of archival materials, From Slave Girls to Salvation uncovers the organizational hierarchies, as well as the religious and racial tropes, which permeated the home. Shelly D. Ikebuchi uses the concept of domesticity as a tool for examining the history of Chinese and Japanese immigration in BC. In doing so, she expands our understanding of the complex interplay of gender, race, and class in the province during this time period\"--Publisher description.

• Publisher: UBC Press
• Subject: Chinese Rescue Home (Victoria, B.C.) History. / Methodist Church (Canada). Woman's Missionary Society History. / Chinese British Columbia Victoria History. / Japanese British Columbia Victoria History. / Women British Columbia Victoria Social conditions. / Girls British Columbia Victoria Social conditions. / Rescue missions (Church work) British Columbia Victoria History. / Church work with women British Columbia Victoria History. / Chinese Canadian women British Columbia Social conditions Case studies. / Japanese Canadian women British Columbia Social conditions Case studies. / Victoria (B.C.) Race relations History. / Victoria (B.C.) Social conditions.
• ISBN: 9780774830560, 0774830565

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