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From Samoa with love? : Samoan travellers in Germany 1895-1911 : retracing the footsteps

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From Samoa with love? : Samoan travellers in Germany 1895-1911 : retracing the footsteps / edited by Hilke Thode-Arora ; texts by Peter Hempenstall, Galumalemana A. Hunkin, Hermann Rumschöttel, Michel Tuffery ; translation, Bram Opstelten, Jane Michael.

Publication

Munich : Museum Fünf Kontinente : Hirmer, [2014]
©2014

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223 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps; 28 cm

Summary

"Volkerschauen, " or human ethnological displays, promised to take visitors "around the world for fifty pennies," providing a form of popular entertainment in late-nineteenth and early twentieth-century Germany while also satisfying deepening European curiosities about exotic peoples and places. For the Samoans--many of high social status--who traveled to Germany to take part in "volkerschauen," the displays were seen as an opportunity to establish political ties with the colonial power. "From Samoa With Love?" traces the history of these displays of "typically" Samoan forms of music, dance, and weapons performance that could be found in amusement parks, zoos, and even at Oktoberfest. Recovering both German and Samoan interests in "volkerschauen" between 1895 and 1911," " the book looks at how these Samoan ethnological displays shaped the ways German people saw foreign cultures. Echoes of "volkerschauen, "for instance, came to be seen in many works of art of the period, from Ludwig Kirchner's woodcut "Rowing Samoan Woman" to Erich Heckel's "Samoan Dance," paintings and prints by the Samoan-descended artist Michel Tuffery, and works by artists of the Dresden-based collective Die Brucke. Featuring interviews with descendants of former "volkerschauen "performers, the detailed reconstruction in "From Samoa With Love?" goes well beyond cliches to present a nuanced picture of the phenomena of Samoan ethnological displays.

Uniform Title

From Samoa with love? English.

Alternative Title

Samoan travellers in Germany 1895-1911

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Exhibition catalogs
History

Note

Translation of: From Samoa with love? : Samoa-Völkerschauen im Deutschen Kaiserreich : eine Spurensuche. 2014.
Exhibition catalog.
Published on the occasion of an exhibition of the same name held at Museum Fünf Kontinente (formerly Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde München), Munich, January 31-November 30, 2014. (Museum's website).

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-222).

Contents

Fa'a Samoa -- Samoan culture / Galumalemana A. Hunkin -- Germany's Pacific pearl / Peter Hempenstall -- The Brothers Fritz and Carl Marquardt : settlers in Samoa, ethnic show impresarios and traders in ethnographica / Hilke Thode-Arora -- "Around the world for fity pence" : the phenomenon of the ethnic shows / Hilke Thode-Arora -- "The belles of Samoa" : the Samoa show of 1895-97 / Hilke Thode-Arora -- "Our new fellow countrymen" : the Samoa show of 1900-01 / Hilke Thode-Arora -- A diplomatic visit? : Tamasese in Germany and the Samoa show of 1910-11 / Hilke Thode-Arora -- The final era of the Kingdom of Bavaria : Luitpold of Bavaria and the Prinzregentenzeit (1886-1912) / Hermann Rumschöttel -- "Ah, those Samoans!" : German fantasies / Hilke Thode-Arora -- Fine mats and fly whisks : some concluding thoughts / Hilke Thode-Arora -- My Siamani-Samoa-series / Michel Tuffery.

ISBN

9783777422398
3777422398

OCLC

ocn893892535
893892535
SCSB-1796603

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library