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Congoism: Congo Discourses in the United States from 1800 to the Present
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Abstract 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... view more
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.... view less
Keywords
Congo, Republic of the; United States of America; racism; culture; neocolonialism; cultural history; post-colonialism
Classification
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
Social History, Historical Social Research
Ethnology, Cultural Anthropology, Ethnosociology
Free Keywords
History; Malcom X; Joseph Conrad; David Van Reybrouck; America; American History; History of Colonialism; American Studies
Document language
English
Publication Year
2017
Publisher
transcript Verlag
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
357 p.
Series
Histoire, 121
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839440377
ISBN
978-3-8394-4037-7
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0