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Africa in Translation : A History of Colonial Linguistics in Germany and Beyond, 1814-1945.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Social History, Popular Culture, and Politics in Germany SeriesPublisher: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2022Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (316 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780472027774
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Africa in TranslationDDC classification:
  • 496.07/043
LOC classification:
  • P306
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: African Studies and the Classification of Humanity -- 1. Before the Fact: The Beginnings of African Studies on the Mission Field, 1814-87 -- 2. Beyond the Missionary Field: The Development of African Studies at the Seminar für Orientalische Sprachen in Berlin -- 3. The Making of a "Great Africanist": Carl Meinhof in Zizow and Berlin, 1886-1909 -- 4. Anthropology and Linguistics United? Carl Meinhof, Felix von Luschan, and the Hamitic Hypothesis -- 5. Experimenting in the Metropole: The Theory and Practice of African Studies, 1908-19 -- 6. Of Conjunctions, Comportment, and Clothing: African Teaching Assistants in Berlin and Hamburg, 1889-1919 -- 7. After the Colonial Moment: German Influences on South African Linguistics and Ethnology, 1920-45 -- Conclusion: The Legacy of Afrikanistik -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: A strong and thoughtful study of Afrikanistik's role in the construction of racialist knowledge in Germany.
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Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: African Studies and the Classification of Humanity -- 1. Before the Fact: The Beginnings of African Studies on the Mission Field, 1814-87 -- 2. Beyond the Missionary Field: The Development of African Studies at the Seminar für Orientalische Sprachen in Berlin -- 3. The Making of a "Great Africanist": Carl Meinhof in Zizow and Berlin, 1886-1909 -- 4. Anthropology and Linguistics United? Carl Meinhof, Felix von Luschan, and the Hamitic Hypothesis -- 5. Experimenting in the Metropole: The Theory and Practice of African Studies, 1908-19 -- 6. Of Conjunctions, Comportment, and Clothing: African Teaching Assistants in Berlin and Hamburg, 1889-1919 -- 7. After the Colonial Moment: German Influences on South African Linguistics and Ethnology, 1920-45 -- Conclusion: The Legacy of Afrikanistik -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

A strong and thoughtful study of Afrikanistik's role in the construction of racialist knowledge in Germany.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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