Memories of German Colonialism in Tanzania / /
German colonial history in today Tanzania Mainlad is extensively documented, but it has not been studied from its memory perspective despite it being widely remembered among the Tanzanians. This book documents German colonial memories as shared cultural legacy that exists in forms of monuments, arch...
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| Format: | Thesis eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English. |
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München ; Wien : :
De Gruyter Oldenbourg,
[2023]
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| Series: | European Colonialism in Global Perspective ,
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | German colonial history in today Tanzania Mainlad is extensively documented, but it has not been studied from its memory perspective despite it being widely remembered among the Tanzanians. This book documents German colonial memories as shared cultural legacy that exists in forms of monuments, archives and historical sites. It also presents them as trans-generational memory narratives that live in people's memories that are also commemorated in different ways like erection of war monuments. The book analyzes memories of colonialism from the historical perspective, showing how the collective memories like monuments and commemorations have undergone structural and institutional changes over time. The study uses Michael Rothberg's multi-directional theory, together with other theoretical approaches to analyze various forms of German colonial memories in Tanzanian context. The findings, which are analyzed historically, indicate that the collective memories of the Germans are cultural, communicative, commemorative, functional and topographical. They are also traumatic as well as nostalgic. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (XVI, 247 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9783111055619 3111055612 |
| ISSN: | 2941-3095 ; ; |