Colonial Space - Spatiality in the Discourse of German South West Africa 1884-1915

Zusatztext ". . .It is safe to predict that historians, anthorpologists, but also theorists of literature and philosophers will acclaim this work as a major event." Informationen zum Autor John K. Noyes Klappentext First Published in 1992. This book is about space of a colony and how it was produced. It began as a study of the literature of the German colony of South-West Africa between the years 1884 and 1915. The author's aim is to demonstrate the active role which literature had played in structuring the experience of the colony. If it could be shown that literature not only describes, but also helps to structure the forms of experience, then it would follow that it also plays an important role in structuring the experience of colonization, and hence the form of the colony itself. From the outset, therefore, the study was concerned with a number of issues centering around colonization, representation, experience, and social form, where spatiality is the concept which allows us to understand how these various aspects of colonialism interrelate. Zusammenfassung First Published in 1992. This book is about space of a colony and how it was produced. It began as a study of the literature of the German colony of South-West Africa between the years 1884 and 1915. The author’s aim is to demonstrate the active role which literature had played in structuring the experience of the colony. If it could be shown that literature not only describes, but also helps to structure the forms of experience, then it would follow that it also plays an important role in structuring the experience of colonization, and hence the form of the colony itself. From the outset, therefore, the study was concerned with a number of issues centering around colonization, representation, experience, and social form, where spatiality is the concept which allows us to understand how these various aspects of colonialism interrelate. Inhaltsverzeichnis INTRODUCTION: Confronting the spatiality of colonial discourse PART ONE Spatiality: Signification, Subjectivity, Society ONE The struggle for the point: the metaphysical TWO The production of space PART TWO Colonial Space ONE Boundaries TWO Looking THREE Writing...

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• Authors: J K Noyes, J. K. Noyes, J.K. Noyes
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2016
• EAN: 9781138991514
• ISBN: 978-1-138-99151-4
• No. of pages: 328
• Series: Studies in Anthropology and History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Demography, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / Africa / General, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Colonialism & imperialism, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Colonialism and imperialism, African History, Literary theory, Population & demography, Population and Demography, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, National liberation and independence