03483nam 2200757 450 99630922970331620220425132751.03-8394-4037-810.14361/9783839440377(CKB)4340000000210901(MiAaPQ)EBC5116491(DE-B1597)487106(OCoLC)1011470055(DE-B1597)9783839440377(MiAaPQ)EBC6695130(Au-PeEL)EBL6695130(OCoLC)1009239629(ScCtBLL)dc0e4ac1-58d6-44bb-b48f-f7648719e93f(transcript Verlag)9783839440377(EXLCZ)99434000000021090120220425d2017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierCongoism Congo discourses in the United States from 1800 to the present /Johnny Van Hove1st ed.Bielefeld, Germany :Transcript,[2017]©20171 online resource (360 pages) illustrationsHistoire1213-8376-4037-X Includes bibliographical references.Frontmatter 1 Content 5 Acknowledgements 7 Introduction: Shifting Perspectives on the Congo: Re-Reading Central West Africa 9 First Chapter. From Slave to Savage: The Realization of a Topos (1800-1885) 53 Second Chapter. Between Art and Atrocity: Epistemic Multiplication and Standardization (1885-1945) 135 Third Chapter. Revolution, Reform, Reproduction: Strategies and Limitations for Change (1945-Present) 243 Conclusion. Doing Damage, or Re-Writing Central West Africa 303 References 319To justify the plundering of today's Democratic Republic of the Congo, U.S. intellectual elites have continuously produced dismissive Congo discourses. Tracing these discourses in great depth and breadth for the first time, Johnny Van Hove shows how U.S. intellectuals (and their influential European counterparts) have been using the Congo in similar fashions for their own goals. Analyzing intellectuals as diverse as W.E.B. Du Bois, Joseph Conrad, and David Van Reybrouck, the book offers a theorization of Central West Africa, a case study of normalized narratives on the "Other", and a stirring wake up call for all contemporary writers on international history and politics.Histoire (Transcript (Firm)) ;Volume 121.International relationsCongo (Democratic Republic)RelationsCongo (Democratic Republic)HistoriographyAmerica.American History.American Studies.Congo.Cultural History.Culture.David Van Reybrouck.History of Colonialism.History.Joseph Conrad.Malcom X.Neocolonialism.Postcolonialism.Racism.International relations.967.51NK 4380rvkHove Johnny Van1976-1222520Knowledge Unlatched - KU Select 2018: Backlist Collectionfndhttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fndMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996309229703316Congoism2835430UNISA