Postcolonial Germany: memories of empire in a decolonized nation

'Postcolonial Germany' traces the evolution of the collective memory of German colonialism, stretching from the loss of the colonies across the eras of national socialism, national division, and the Cold War to the present day. It shows to what extent this memory was intimately bound to ob...

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Beteilige Person: Schilling, Britta 1979- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Oxford University Press 2014
Schriftenreihe:Oxford historical monographs
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198703464.001.0001
Zusammenfassung:'Postcolonial Germany' traces the evolution of the collective memory of German colonialism, stretching from the loss of the colonies across the eras of national socialism, national division, and the Cold War to the present day. It shows to what extent this memory was intimately bound to objects of material culture in the former colonial metropole, such as tropical fruit sold atcolonial balls, state gifts handed to the former colonies at independence, and ethnological items kept as family heirlooms
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (XIV, 258 Seiten)
ISBN:9780191772634