An Imperial Homeland : Forging German Identity in Southwest Africa /

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At the turn of the twentieth century, depictions of the colonized world were prevalent throughout the German metropole. Tobacco advertisements catered to the erotic gaze of imperial enthusiasts with images of Ovaherero girls, and youth magazines allowed children to escape into "exotic domains&q...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Blackler, Adam A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2022]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
HISTORY / Europe / Germany.
Race relations.
National characteristics, German.
International relations.
Imperialism.
German colonies.
Namibia.
Germany.
Africa.
Germany > Colonies > Race relations.
Namibia > Relations > Germany > History > 20th century.
Germany > Relations > Namibia > History > 20th century.
Namibia > Relations > Germany > History > 19th century.
Germany > Relations > Namibia > History > 19th century.
Germany > Colonies > Africa.
Namibia > History > 1884-1915.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Introduction: National fantasies : German identity and the African Heimat
  • "New worlds of vitality" : colonial aspirations and the German nation, 1848-1884
  • "Between Heimat and heathens" : religious chauvinism in southwest Africa
  • "A blessing to itself and the motherland" : extolling empire in the age of imperial conquest
  • "I have done all I can" : African resistance and the evolution of German colonial violence
  • "My nearly white wife" : colonial citizenship and the racial boundaries of Germanness
  • "A little bit of the devil in his body" : imperial masculinity and the ideal German (settler)
  • Conclusion: After empire : Heimat Südwest and German identity.

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