Not So Plain as Black and White - Afro-German Culture and History, 1890-2000

An exploration of the subject of Afro-Germans, which, in recent years has captured the interest of scholars across the humanities for providing insight into contemporary Germany's transformation into a multicultural society.

List of contents

Dangerous Liaisons: Race, Nation, and German Identity
The First Besatzungskinder: Afro-German Children, Colonial Childrearing Practices, and Racial Policy in German Southwest Africa, 1890-1914
Converging Specters of an Other Within: Race and Gender in Pre- 1945 Afro-German History
Louis Brody and the Black Presence in German Film Before 1945
Narrating "Race" in 1950s' West Germany: The Phenomenon of the Toxi Films
Will Everything Be Fine? Anti-Racist Practice in Recent German Cinema
Writing Diasporic Identity: Afro-German Literature since 1985
The Souls of Black Volk: Contradiction? Oxymoron?

Product details

• Authors: Patricia Mazon
• Assisted by: Patricia Mazon (Editor), Reinhild Steingröver (Editor)
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2009
• EAN: 9781580463348
• ISBN: 978-1-58046-334-8
• No. of pages: 267
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 228 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 383 g
• Series: Rochester Studies in African H
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories