Colonial Space. Spatiality in the Discourse of German Southwest-Africa 1884-1915

Colonial Space. Spatiality in the Discourse of German Southwest-Africa 1884-1915

"This book is about the space of a colony and how it was produced.It began as a study of the literature of the German colony of South West Africabetween the years 1884 and 1915. It was my aim to demonstrate the active role whichliterature had played in structuring the experience of the colony. It seemed to me thatif it could be shown that literature not only describes, but also helps to structure theforms of experience, then it would follow that it also plays an important role instructuring the experience of colonization, and hence the form of the colony itself.From the outset, therefore, I was concerned with a number of issues centering aroundcolonization, representation, experience, and social form. Virtually from thebeginning of this project, I have been convinced that spatiality is the concept whichallows us to understand how these various aspects of colonialism interrelate."

John K. Noyes

Chur: Harwood Publishers

1992

© John K. Noyes

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