Africa in translation : a history of colonial linguistics in Germany and beyond, 1814-1945 / / Sara Pugach
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| Autore: |
Pugach Sara Elizabeth Berg
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| Titolo: |
Africa in translation : a history of colonial linguistics in Germany and beyond, 1814-1945 / / Sara Pugach
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| 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: | 9786613410948 |
| 9781283410946 | |
| 128341094X | |
| 9780472027774 | |
| 0472027778 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910812786403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Social history, popular culture, and politics in Germany