Congoism

Congo Discourses in the United States from 1800 to the Present

DOI: 10.14361/9783839440377

Van Hove, Johnny

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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.

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01. February 2019

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- Frontmatter
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- Content
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- Acknowledgements
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- Introduction: Shifting Perspectives on the Congo: Re-Reading Central West Africa
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- First Chapter. From Slave to Savage: The Realization of a Topos (1800-1885)
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- Second Chapter. Between Art and Atrocity: Epistemic Multiplication and Standardization (1885-1945)
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- Third Chapter. Revolution, Reform, Reproduction: Strategies and Limitations for Change (1945-Present)
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- Conclusion. Doing Damage, or Re-Writing Central West Africa
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eISBN PDF: 978-3-8394-4037-7
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Seitenumfang: 360
BIC-Code: HBJK HBTQ DSB
BISAC-Code: HIS036000 HIS037000 LIT004020
THEMA: NHK NHTQ DSB

Creative Commons Lizenz: cc-by-nc-nd
Verlag: transcript Verlag
Schlagworte: United States, Congo, History, Racism, Culture, Neocolonialism, Malcom X, Joseph Conrad, David Van Reybrouck, Cultural History, Postcolonialism, America, American History, History of Colonialism, American Studies,

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