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Congoism : Congo discourses in the United States from 1800 to the present
- Title
- Congoism : Congo discourses in the United States from 1800 to the present / Johnny Van Hove.
- Author
- Hove, Johnny Van, 1976-
- Publication
- Bielefeld : transcript, [2017]
- ©2017
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- Description
- 357 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
- Summary
- 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.
- Series Statement
- Histoire ; volume 121
- Uniform Title
- Histoire (Transcript (Firm)) ; Bd. 121.
- Alternative Title
- Congoism
- Subject
- Public opinion, American
- Colonial influence
- Historiography
- International relations
- Mass media
- Politics and government
- Congo (Democratic Republic) > Relations > United States
- United States > Relations > Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Congo (Democratic Republic) > Foreign public opinion, American
- Congo (Democratic Republic) > Politics and government
- Congo (Democratic Republic) > Historiography
- Congo (Democratic Republic) > Colonial influence
- Congo (Democratic Republic) > In mass media
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- United States
- Note
- Originally presented as: thesis (doctoral)--University of Groningen, 2017, under the title: Congoism : an archeology of Congo discourses in the United States from 1800 to the present.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-357).
- Contents
- Introduction: Shifting perspectives on the Congo : re-reading Central West Africa -- 1st chapter. From slave to savage : the realization of a topos (1800-1885) -- 2nd chapter. Between art and atrocity : epistemic multiplication and standardization (1885-1945) -- 3rd chapter. Revolution, reform, reproduction : strategies and limitations for change (1945-present) -- Conclusion: Doing damage, or re-writing Central West Africa.
- Call Number
- ReCAP 19-30825
- ISBN
- 9783837640373
- 383764037X
- LCCN
- 9783837640373
- 15042958
- OCLC
- 1011604021
- Author
- Hove, Johnny Van, 1976- author.
- Title
- Congoism : Congo discourses in the United States from 1800 to the present / Johnny Van Hove.
- Publisher
- Bielefeld : transcript, [2017]
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Histoire ; volume 121Histoire (Transcript (Firm)) ; Bd. 121.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-357).
- Spine Title
- Congoism
- Other Form:
- 9783839440377 (online)(GyWOH)har175021095
- Other Standard Identifier
- 978383764037315042958
- Research Call Number
- ReCAP 19-30825