Physical Description
xii, 316 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction: Picturing race : visuality and German colonialism / Volker Langbehn
German colonialism, 1884-1919
Advertising and the optics of colonial power at the Fin de Siècle / David Ciarlo
"... Will try to send you the best views from here" : postcards from the colonial war in Namibia (1904-1908) / Felix Axster
Harmless "Kolonialbiedermeier"? : colonial and exotic trading cards / Joachim Zeller
Cakewalking the anarchy of empire around 1900 / Astrid Kusser
Satire magazines and racial politics / Volker Langbehn
Demystifying colonial settlement : building handbooks for settlers, 1904-1930 / Itohan Osayimwese
Patriotism, spectacle, and reverie : colonialism in early cinema / Wolfgang Fuhrmann
German postcolonialism, 1919-present
Persuasive maps and a suggestive novel : Hans Grimm's Volk ohne Raum and German cartography in southwest Africa / Oliver Simons
Colonial disgust : the colonial master's emotion of superiority / Thomas Schwarz
Weimar revisions of Germany's colonial past : the photomontages of Hannah Höch and László Moholy-Nagy / Brett M. Van Hoesen
The "colonial idea" in Weimar cinema / Christian Rogowski
"The Black Jew" : an after-image of German colonialism / Birgit Haehnel
Reenacting colonialism : Germany and its former colonies in recent TV productions / Wolfgang Struck
Postcolonial amnesia : taboo memories and Kanaks with cameras / Deniz Göktürk.
Other Authors/Editors
Langbehn, Volker Max, 1959-
ISBN
9780415997799
0415997798 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780203856901 (eBook)
0203856902 (eBook)
Notes
"Simultaneously published in the UK"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Picturing race : visuality and German colonialism / Volker Langbehn -- German colonialism, 1884-1919 -- Advertising and the optics of colonial power at the Fin de Siècle / David Ciarlo -- "... Will try to send you the best views from here" : postcards from the colonial war in Namibia (1904-1908) / Felix Axster -- Harmless "Kolonialbiedermeier"? : colonial and exotic trading cards / Joachim Zeller -- Cakewalking the anarchy of empire around 1900 / Astrid Kusser -- Satire magazines and racial politics / Volker Langbehn -- Demystifying colonial settlement : building handbooks for settlers, 1904-1930 / Itohan Osayimwese -- Patriotism, spectacle, and reverie : colonialism in early cinema / Wolfgang Fuhrmann -- German postcolonialism, 1919-present -- Persuasive maps and a suggestive novel : Hans Grimm's Volk ohne Raum and German cartography in southwest Africa / Oliver Simons -- Colonial disgust : the colonial master's emotion of superiority / Thomas Schwarz -- Weimar revisions of Germany's colonial past : the photomontages of Hannah Höch and László Moholy-Nagy / Brett M. Van Hoesen -- The "colonial idea" in Weimar cinema / Christian Rogowski -- "The Black Jew" : an after-image of German colonialism / Birgit Haehnel -- Reenacting colonialism : Germany and its former colonies in recent TV productions / Wolfgang Struck -- Postcolonial amnesia : taboo memories and Kanaks with cameras / Deniz Göktürk.
Additional Form
Electronic version(s) available internally at USHMM.
