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Record Nr.

UNINA9910965838403321

Autore

Pugach Sara Elizabeth Berg

Titolo

Africa in translation : a history of colonial linguistics in Germany and beyond, 1814-1945 / / Sara Pugach

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , c2012

ISBN

9786613410948

9781283410946

128341094X

9780472027774

0472027778

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (316 p.)

Collana

Social history, popular culture, and politics in Germany

Classificazione

HIS000000HIS001000HIS014000

Disciplina

496.07/043

Soggetti

Intercultural communication - Africa

Multilingualism - Africa

Sociolinguistics - Africa

Sociolinguistics - Germany

Translating and interpreting - Africa

Translating and interpreting - Germany

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: African Studies and the Classification of Humanity -- 1. Before the Fact: The Beginnings of African Studies on the Mission Field, 1814-87 -- 2. Beyond the Missionary Field: The Development of African Studies at the Seminar für Orientalische Sprachen in Berlin -- 3. The Making of a "Great Africanist": Carl Meinhof in Zizow and Berlin, 1886-1909 -- 4. Anthropology and Linguistics United? Carl Meinhof, Felix von Luschan, and the Hamitic Hypothesis -- 5. Experimenting in the Metropole: The Theory and Practice of African Studies, 1908-19 -- 6. Of Conjunctions, Comportment, and Clothing: African Teaching Assistants in Berlin and Hamburg, 1889-1919 -- 7. After the Colonial Moment: German Influences on South African Linguistics and Ethnology, 1920-45 -- Conclusion: The Legacy of Afrikanistik -- Notes -- Bibliography --



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Sommario/riassunto

A strong and thoughtful study of Afrikanistik's role in the construction of racialist knowledge in Germany.