Congoism :
Van Hove, Johnny,
Congoism : Congo Discourses in the United States from 1800 to the Present / Johnny Van Hove. - Bielefeld : transcript Verlag, [2017] ©2017 - 1 online resource (360 p.) - Histoire ; 121 .
Frontmatter -- Content -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Shifting Perspectives on the Congo: Re-Reading Central West Africa -- First Chapter. From Slave to Savage: The Realization of a Topos (1800-1885) -- Second Chapter. Between Art and Atrocity: Epistemic Multiplication and Standardization (1885-1945) -- Third Chapter. Revolution, Reform, Reproduction: Strategies and Limitations for Change (1945-Present) -- Conclusion. Doing Damage, or Re-Writing Central West Africa -- References
To justify the plundering of today's Democratic Republic of the Congo, U.S. intellectual elites have continuously produced dismissive Congo discourses. Tracing these discourses in great depth and breadth for the first time, Johnny Van Hove shows how U.S. intellectuals (and their influential European counterparts) have been using 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 all contemporary writers on international history and politics.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license:
In English.
9783839440377
America.
American History.
American Studies.
Congo.
Cultural History.
Culture.
David Van Reybrouck.
History of Colonialism.
History.
Joseph Conrad.
Malcom X.
Neocolonialism.
Postcolonialism.
Racism.
HISTORY / United States / General.
America. American History. American Studies. Congo. Cultural History. Culture. David Van Reybrouck. History of Colonialism. History. Joseph Conrad. Malcom X. Neocolonialism. Postcolonialism. Racism.
Congoism : Congo Discourses in the United States from 1800 to the Present / Johnny Van Hove. - Bielefeld : transcript Verlag, [2017] ©2017 - 1 online resource (360 p.) - Histoire ; 121 .
Frontmatter -- Content -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Shifting Perspectives on the Congo: Re-Reading Central West Africa -- First Chapter. From Slave to Savage: The Realization of a Topos (1800-1885) -- Second Chapter. Between Art and Atrocity: Epistemic Multiplication and Standardization (1885-1945) -- Third Chapter. Revolution, Reform, Reproduction: Strategies and Limitations for Change (1945-Present) -- Conclusion. Doing Damage, or Re-Writing Central West Africa -- References
To justify the plundering of today's Democratic Republic of the Congo, U.S. intellectual elites have continuously produced dismissive Congo discourses. Tracing these discourses in great depth and breadth for the first time, Johnny Van Hove shows how U.S. intellectuals (and their influential European counterparts) have been using 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 all contemporary writers on international history and politics.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license:
In English.
9783839440377
America.
American History.
American Studies.
Congo.
Cultural History.
Culture.
David Van Reybrouck.
History of Colonialism.
History.
Joseph Conrad.
Malcom X.
Neocolonialism.
Postcolonialism.
Racism.
HISTORY / United States / General.
America. American History. American Studies. Congo. Cultural History. Culture. David Van Reybrouck. History of Colonialism. History. Joseph Conrad. Malcom X. Neocolonialism. Postcolonialism. Racism.