Congoism Congo discourses in the United States from 1800 to the present
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 Eur...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bielefeld, Germany
transcript Verlag
2017
Bielefeld, Germany : [2017] |
| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Histoire (Transcript (Firm)) ;
Volume 121. |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009434682606719 |
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- Frontmatter 1 Content 5 Acknowledgements 7 Introduction: Shifting Perspectives on the Congo: Re-Reading Central West Africa 9 First Chapter. From Slave to Savage: The Realization of a Topos (1800-1885) 53 Second Chapter. Between Art and Atrocity: Epistemic Multiplication and Standardization (1885-1945) 135 Third Chapter. Revolution, Reform, Reproduction: Strategies and Limitations for Change (1945-Present) 243 Conclusion. Doing Damage, or Re-Writing Central West Africa 303 References 319
