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Africa in translation : a history of colonial linguistics in Germany and beyond, 1814-1945 / Sara Pugach.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pugach, Sara Elizabeth Berg.
- Series:
- Social history, popular culture, and politics in Germany
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Intercultural communication--Africa.
- Intercultural communication.
- Multilingualism--Africa.
- Multilingualism.
- Sociolinguistics--Africa.
- Sociolinguistics.
- Sociolinguistics--Germany.
- Translating and interpreting--Africa.
- Translating and interpreting.
- Translating and interpreting--Germany.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (316 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A strong and thoughtful study of Afrikanistik's role in the construction of racialist knowledge in Germany.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on information from the publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9786613410948
- 9781283410946
- 128341094X
- 9780472027774
- 0472027778
- OCLC:
- 775075467
- Publisher Number:
- 10.3998/mpub.372421
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