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Record Nr.

UNINA9910149385103321

Autore

Rash Felicity J. <1954-, >

Titolo

The discourse strategies of imperialist writing : the German colonial idea and Africa, 1848-1945 / / Felicity Rash

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2017

ISBN

1-315-74732-4

1-317-60097-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (218 pages)

Collana

Routledge Critical Studies in Discourse

Disciplina

943.08072

Soggetti

Language and history

Germany Colonies Africa History

Germany History 20th century Historiography

Germany History 1789-1900 Historiography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. The background to German colonialism -- 2. The discourse historical approach to textual analysis described and illustrated -- 3. Finding colonies : travel writing 1878-1913 -- 4. Controlling colonies : political discourse 1879-1914 -- 5. Living in the colonies : memoir and autobiography 1896-1914 -- 6. The German colonial dream after 1919 -- 7. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

"In this monograph, Felicity Rash examines German colonialist texts through the lens of linguistics, using multiple analytic approaches in order to contribute to the study of ideological discourse. Focusing on texts from Germany's colonial period during the Second Reich, the book describes the discourse strategies employed in a wide variety of colonialist discourses, from propagandistic and journalistic writing to autobiographical and fictional accounts of life in Germany's African colonies. The methodologies Rash employs include the Discourse Historical Approach and Cognitive Metaphor Theory, and the book aims to develop a new model for the analysis of expansionist nationalist writing. Little detailed analysis exists of the types of texts taken as primary sources, and Rash provides English translations of German quotations, in addition to drawing upon her research in former German



colonies in Africa. Rash's research will be of interest to linguists, historians, Germanists, and social and political scientists, and lays the groundwork for future interdisciplinary analyses of German colonialism."--