Format:
1 Online-Ressource (357 Seiten)
ISBN:
9783839440377
Series Statement:
Histoire Volume 121
Content:
To justify the plundering of todays Democratic Republic of the Congo, U.S. intellectual elites have continuously produced dismissive Congo discourses. Tracing these discourses in great depth and breadth, Johnny Van Hove shows how U.S. intellectuals (and their influential European counterparts) have used 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 contemporary writers on international history and politics
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783837640373
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Van Hove, Johnny Congoism Bielefeld : transcript, 2017 ISBN 383764037X
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783837640373
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783839440377
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Demokratische Republik Kongo
;
Kolonialismus
;
Postkolonialismus
;
Neokolonialismus
;
USA
;
Intellektueller
;
Diskurs
;
Geschichte 1800-2017
;
Hochschulschrift
;
Hochschulschrift
;
Hochschulschrift
DOI:
10.14361/9783839440377
URL:
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