This volume examines aspects of the German colonial consciousness following the end of empire in 1918. Entirely stripped of colonial possessions under the Treaty of Versailles, Germany, unlike other European nations, was faced with the end of empire well before the end of the European colonial project. This loss left behind a complex legacy that permeated the political, literary and cultural discourses of the postwar period. By scrutinising the resonances between literary intervention and public discourses, and between their respective agendas and methods, the contributors tease out the intricacies of the colonial debate in Weimar Germany. Weimar revanchism is unveiled as an attempt to salve a humiliated national ego and refashion Germany as a model agent of the 'civilising mission' in colonial space against the backdrop of military defeat, political collapse and foreign occupation. The contributions also highlight the framing of Eastern European and Near Eastern space as colonial, the complex mediality of colonial debate and the lasting political and literary legacy of "Weimar Colonialism".
Produktkennzeichnungen
Herausgeber
Florian Krobb, Elaine Martin
ISBN-10
3849810496
ISBN-13
9783849810498
eBay Product ID (ePID)
182731288
Produkt Hauptmerkmale
Sprache
Englisch
Anzahl der Seiten
263 Seiten
Verlag
Aisthesis, Aisthesis Verlag
Autor
Florian Krobb, Elaine Martin
Buchtitel
Weimar Colonialism
Format
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsjahr
2014
Buchreihe
Postkoloniale Studien in der Germanistik
Zusätzliche Produkteigenschaften
Hörbuch
No
Item Length
20cm
Item Height
2cm
Item Width
14cm
Nummer Innerhalb der Serie
6
Item Weight
381g
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