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

• Autore: Pugach Sara Elizabeth Berg
• Pubblicazione: Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, c2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (316 p.)
• Disciplina: 496.07/043
• Soggetto topico: Intercultural communication - Africa; Multilingualism - Africa; Sociolinguistics - Africa; Sociolinguistics - Germany; Translating and interpreting - Africa; Translating and interpreting - Germany
• 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 -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: A strong and thoughtful study of Afrikanistik's role in the construction of racialist knowledge in Germany.
• Titolo autorizzato: Africa in translation
• ISBN: 1-283-41094-X; 9786613410948; 0-472-02777-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910812786403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Social history, popular culture, and politics in Germany.