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UNINA9910792376203321 |
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Titolo |
German colonialism, visual culture, and modern memory / / edited by Volker M. Langbehn |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-135-15334-5 |
1-135-15335-3 |
1-282-57027-7 |
9786612570278 |
0-203-85690-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (329 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge studies in modern European history ; ; 13 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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LangbehnVolker Max <1959-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Racism - Germany - History |
Racism - Africa - History |
Visual communication - Political aspects - Germany - History |
Imperialism - Social aspects - Germany - History |
Popular culture - Germany - History |
Collective memory - Germany - History |
Germany Colonies Africa History |
Africa Colonial influence |
Africa Race relations |
Germany Intellectual life |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"Simultaneously published in the UK."--T.p. verso. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Picturing Race: Visuality and German Colonialism; Part I German Colonialism, 1884-1919; 1 Advertising and the Optics of Colonial Power at the Fin de Siècle; 2 " . . . will try to send you the best views from here": Postcards from the Colonial War in Namibia (1904-1908); 3 Harmless Kolonialbiedermeier?: Colonial and Exotic Trading |
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Cards; 4 Cakewalking the Anarchy of Empire around 1900; 5 Satire Magazines and Racial Politics; 6 Demystifying Colonial Settlement: Building Handbooks for Settlers, 1904-1930* |
7 Patriotism, Spectacle, and Reverie: Colonialism in Early CinemaPart II German Postcolonialism, 1919-Present; 8 Persuasive Maps and a Suggestive Novel: Hans Grimm's Volk ohne Raum and German Cartography in Southwest Africa; 9 Colonial Disgust: The Colonial Master's Emotion of Superiority; 10 Weimar Revisions of Germany's Colonial Past: The Photomontages of Hannah Höch and László Moholy-Nagy; 11 The "Colonial Idea" in Weimar Cinema; 12 "The Black Jew": An Afterimage of German Colonialism; 13 Reenacting Colonialism: Germany and Its Former Colonies in Recent TV Productions |
14 Postcolonial Amnesia?: Taboo Memories and Kanaks with CamerasContributors; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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There is no overarching master narrative in understanding the history of German colonialism, and over the past decade, the study of Germany's colonial past has experienced a dramatic transformation in its scope of inquiry. Influenced by new theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of race, nationalism, and globalization, these new studies initiate a process of reevaluating and redefining the parameters within which German Colonialism is understood. The role of visual materials, in particular, is ideal for exploring the porousness of disciplinary boundaries, though visual cultu |
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