Congoism: Congo Discourses in the United States from 1800 to the Present

Johnny Van Hove

Open Access Published by transcript Verlag 2017

Congoism

Congo Discourses in the United States from 1800 to the Present

Johnny Van Hove
Funded by: Knowledge Unlatched - KU Select 2018: Backlist Collection

Volume 121 in the series Histoire

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839440377

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About this book

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.

Author / Editor information

Johnny Van Hove (PhD) works as a scientific consultant in the field of migration. He writes for various news media in Germany, the U.S., and Belgium.

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Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	1
Content Open Access Download PDF	5
Acknowledgements Open Access Download PDF	7
Introduction: Shifting Perspectives on the Congo: Re-Reading Central West Africa Open Access Download PDF	9
First Chapter. From Slave to Savage: The Realization of a Topos (1800-1885) Open Access Download PDF	53
Second Chapter. Between Art and Atrocity: Epistemic Multiplication and Standardization (1885-1945) Open Access Download PDF	135
Third Chapter. Revolution, Reform, Reproduction: Strategies and Limitations for Change (1945-Present) Open Access Download PDF	243
Conclusion. Doing Damage, or Re-Writing Central West Africa Open Access Download PDF	303
References Open Access Download PDF	319

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 360
Keywords: Congo; History; Racism; Culture; Neocolonialism; Malcom X; Joseph Conrad; David Van Reybrouck; Cultural History; Postcolonialism; America; American History; History of Colonialism; American Studies

eBook

Published: October 27, 2017
ISBN: 9783839440377