German Colonialism and National Identity (Routledge Studies in Modern European History)

"German colonialism is a thriving field of study. From North America to Japan, within Germany, Austria and Switzerland, scholars are increasingly applying post-colonial questions and methods to the study of Germany and its culture. However, no introduction on this emerging field of study has combined political and cultural approaches, the study of literature and art, and the examination of both metropolitan and local discourses and memories. This book will fill that gap and offer a broad prelude, of interest to any scholar and student of German history and culture as well as of colonialism in general. It will be an indispensable tool for both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching." --From publisher's description Introduction: German Colonialism And National Identity / Michael Perraudin And Jürgen Zimmerer -- Part I. Colonialism From Before The Empire. Imperialism, Race, And Genocide At The Paulskirche : Origins, Meanings, Trajectories / Brian Vick -- Time, Identity, And Colonialism In German Travel Writing On Africa, 1848-1914 / Tracey Reimann-dawe -- Gray Zones : On The Inclusion Of Poland In The Study Of German Colonialism / Kristin Kopp -- Part Ii. Colonialism And Popular Utterance In The Imperial Phase. The War That Scarcely Was : The Berliner Morgenpost And The Boxer Uprising / Yixu Lü -- Boy's And Girl's Own Empires : Gender And The Uses Of The Colonial World In Kaiserreich Youth Magazines / Jeffrey Bowersox -- Picturing Genocide In German Consumer Culture, 1904-10 / David Ciarlo -- The Visual Representation Of Blackness During German Imperialism Around 1900 / Volker Langbehn --^ Colonialism And The Simplification Of Language : Germany's Kolonial-deutsch Experiment / Kenneth J. Orosz -- Part Iii. Colonialism And The End Of Empire. Fraternity, Frenzy, And Genocide In German War Literature, 1906-36 / Jörg Lehmann -- Colonial Heroes : German Colonial Identities In Wartime, 1914-18 / Michael Pesek -- Crossing Boundaries : German Women In Africa, 1919-33 / Britta Schilling -- Abuses Of German Colonial History : The Character Of Carl Peters As Weapon For Völkisch And National Socialist Discourses : Anglophobia, Anti-semitism And Aryanism / Constant Kpao Sarè -- Loyal Askari And Black Rapist : Two Images In The German Discourse On National Identity And Their Impact On The Lives Of Black People In Germany, 1918-45 / Susann Lewerenz -- Part Iv. German Colonialism In The Era Of Decolonization. (post-)colonial Amnesia? German Debates On Colonialism And Decolonization In The Post-war Era / Monika Albrecht --^ Denkmalsturz : The German Student Movement And German Colonialism / Ingo Cornils -- Vergangenheitsbewältigung à La Française : Post-colonial Memories Of The Herero Genocide And 17 October 1961 / Kathryn Jones -- The Persistence Of Fantasies : Colonialism As Melodrama On German Television / Wolfgang Struck -- Part V. Local Histories, Memories, Legacies. Communal Memory Events And The Heritage Of The Victims : The Persistence Of The Theme Of Genocide In Namibia / Reinhart Kössler -- The Genocide In German South-west Africa And The Politics Of Commemoration : How (not) To Come To Terms With The Past / Henning Melber -- The Struggle For Genocidal Exclusivity : The Perception Of The Murder Of The Namibian Herero (1904-8) In The Age Of A New International Morality / Dominik J. Schaller -- Narratives Of A Model Colony : German Togoland In Written And Oral Histories / Dennis Laumann -- Suspended Between Worlds? The Discipline Of Germanistik In Sub-saharan Africa / Arndt Witte. Edited By Michael Perraudin And Jürgen Zimmerer ; With Katy Heady. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Figures......Page 10 Introduction: German Colonialism and National Identity......Page 12 Part I Colonialism From Before the Empire......Page 18 1 Imperialism, Race, and Genocide at the Paulskirche: Origins, Meanings, Trajectories......Page 20 2 Time, Identity and Colonialism in German Travel Writing on Africa, 1848–1914......Page 32 3 Gray Zones: On the Inclusion of “Poland” in the Study of German Colonialism......Page 44 Part II Colonialism and Popular Utterance in the Imperial Phase......Page 54 4 The War That Scarcely Was: The Berliner Morgenpost and the Boxer Uprising......Page 56 5 Boy’s and Girl’s Own Empires: Gender and the Uses of the Colonial World in Kaiserreich Youth Magazines......Page 68 6 Picturing Genocide in German Consumer Culture, 1904–10......Page 80 7 The Visual Representation of Blackness During German Imperialism Around 1900......Page 101 8 Colonialism and the Simplification of Language: Germany’s Kolonial-Deutsch Experiment......Page 112 Part III Colonialism and the End of Empire......Page 124 9 Fraternity, Frenzy, and Genocide in German War Literature, 1906–36......Page 126 10 Colonial Heroes: German Colonial Identities in Wartime, 1914–18......Page 137 11 Crossing Boundaries: German Women in Africa, 1919–33......Page 151 12 Abuses of German Colonial History: The Character of Carl Peters as a Weapon for völkisch and National Socialist Discourses: Anglophobia, Anti-Semitism, Aryanism......Page 171 13 “Loyal Askari” and “Black Rapist”: Two Images in the German Discourse on National Identity and Their Impact on the Lives of Black People in Germany, 1918–45......Page 184 Part IV German Colonialism in the Era of Decolonization......Page 196 14 (Post-) Colonial Amnesia?: German Debates on Colonialism and Decolonization in the Post-War Era......Page 198 15 Denkmalsturz: The German Student Movement and German Colonialism......Page 208 16 Vergangenheitsbewältigung à la française: Post-Colonial Memories of the Herero Genocide and 17 October 1961......Page 224 17 The Persistence of Fantasies: Colonialism as Melodrama on German Television......Page 235 Part V Local Histories, Memories, Legacies......Page 244 18 Communal Memory Events and the Heritage of the Victims: The Persistence of the Theme of Genocide in Namibia......Page 246 19 The Genocide in “German South-West Africa” and the Politics of Commemoration: How (Not) to Come to Terms with the Past......Page 262 20 The Struggle for Genocidal Exclusivity: The Perception of the Murder of the Namibian Herero (1904–8) in the Age of a New International Morality......Page 276 21 Narratives of a “Model Colony”: German Togoland in Written and Oral Histories......Page 289 22 Suspended Between Worlds?: The Discipline of Germanistik in Sub-Saharan Africa......Page 303 Bibliography......Page 324 Index......Page 344 Introduction: German colonialism and national identity / Michael Perraudin and Jürgen Zimmerer section A. Colonialism from before the empire Imperialism, race, and genocide at the Paulskirche : origins, meanings, trajectories / Brian Vick Time, identity, and colonialism in German travel writing on Africa, 1848-1914 / Tracey Dawe Gray zones : on the inclusion of Poland in the study of German colonialism / Kristin Kopp section B. Colonialism and popular utterance in the imperial phase The war that scarcely was : the Berliner Morgenpost and the Boxer Uprising / Yixu Li Boy's and girl's own empires : gender and the uses of the colonial world in Kaiserreich youth magazines / Jeffrey Bowersox Picturing genocide in German consumer culture, 1904-1910 / David Ciarlo The visual representation of Blackness during German imperialism around 1900 / Volker Langbehn Colonialism and the simplification of language : Germany's kolonial-Deutsch experiment / Kenneth Orosz section C. Colonialism and the end of empire Fraternity, frenzy, and genocide in German war literature, 1906-1936 / Jörg Lehmann Colonial heroes : German colonial identities in wartime, 1914-1918 / Michael Pesek Crossing boundaries : German women in Africa, 1919-1933 / Britta Schilling Abuses of German colonial history : the character of Carl Peters as weapon for volkisch and National-Socialist discourses : Anglophobia, anti-Semitism, and Aryanism / Constant Kpao Sar? "Loyal Askari" and "Black rapist" : two images in the German discourse on national identity and their impact on the lives of Black people in Germany, 1918-1945 / Susann Lewerenz section D. German colonialism in the era of decolonization (Post-)colonial amnesia? : German debates on colonialism and decolonization in the post-war era / Monika Albrecht Denkmalsturz : the German student movement and German colonialism / Ingo Cornils Vergangenheitsbewältigung à la française : post-colonial memories of the Herero genocide and 17 October 1961 / Kathryn Jones The persistence of fantasies : colonialism as melodrama on German television / Wolfgang Struck section E. Local histories, memories, legacies Communal memory events and the heritage of the victims : the persistence of the theme of genocide in Namibia / Reinhart Kössler The genocide in German South-West Africa and the politics of commemoration : how (not) to come to terms with the past / Henning Melber The struggle for genocidal exclusivity : the perception of the murder of the Namibian Herero (1904-08) in the age of a new international morality / Dominik J. Schaller Narratives of a "model colony" : German Togoland in written and oral histories / Dennis Laumann Suspended between worlds : the discipline of Germanistik in sub-Saharan Africa / Arndt Witte.