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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810742503321

Autore

Rash Felicity J. <1954->

Titolo

German images of the self and the other : nationalist, colonialist and anti-semitic discourse 1871-1918 / / Felicity Rash

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012

ISBN

9781137030214

1-283-73814-7

1-137-03021-6

1-349-32854-5

0-230-28265-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2012.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 pages)

Disciplina

401/.410943

Soggetti

Discourse analysis - Social aspects - Germany

National characteristics, German - History - 19th century

National characteristics, German - History - 20th century

German literature - Social aspects

Other (Philosophy) in literature

Group identity - Germany

Racism in literature

Germany In mass media

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword -- Methodological Framework -- Self-identity, Otherness and Nationalism -- Racism in Discourse -- Anti-Semitism in Discourse -- Colonialism in Discourse -- Discourse in War-Time -- Conclusion -- Notes to Chapters --  Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a detailed linguistic analysis of the nationalist discourses of the German Second Reich, which most effectively demonstrate the contrasting images of the German Self and its various Others, such as Jews, native Africans, gypsies and the enemy Other during the First World War.