Colonial fantasies. Conquest, family, and nation in precolonial germany,1770-1870
Editorial DUQUE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Espanya peninsular
- Editorial DUQUE UNIVERSITY PRESS
- ISBN13 9780822319689
- ISBN10 0822319683
- Tipus Llibre
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Història Contemporània UniversalColonial fantasies. Conquest, family, and nation in precolonial germany,1770-1870
Editorial DUQUE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Espanya peninsular
Detalls del llibre
Since Germany became a colonial power relatively late, postcolonial theorists and histories of colonialism have thus far paid little attention to it. Uncovering Germany's colonial legacy and imagination, Susanne Zantop reveals the significance of colonial fantasies - a kind of colonialism without colonies - in the formation of German national identity. Through readings of historical, anthropological, literary, and popular texts, Zantop explores imaginary colonial encounters of "Germans" with "natives" in late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century literature, and shows how these colonial fantasies acted as a rehearsal for actual colonial ventures in Africa, South America, and the Pacific.