Colonial Space: Spatiality in the Discourse of German South West Africa 1884-1915: Spatiality, Subjectivity and Society in the Colonial Discourse of (Studies in Anthropology and History)

J.K. Noyes

ISBN 10: 371865167X / ISBN 13: 9783718651672

Published by Harwood Academic Publishers, 1992

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vi + 317 pages : 26cm. The central argument of this book is that spaciality is the concept which allows us to understand the interrelations between colonization, representation, personal experience and social form. The first part is a theoretical discussion and the second provides a series of studies of texts.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Colonial Space: Spatiality in the Discourse of German South West Africa 1884-1915: Spatiality, Subjectivity and Society in the Colonial Discourse of (Studies in Anthropology and History)
• Publisher: Harwood Academic Publishers
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 371865167X
• ISBN 13: 9783718651672
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Africa
  • Anthropology
  • Germany

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

John K. Noyes