Congoism: Congo Discourses in the United States from 1800 to the Present (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783837640373)

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Format: Paperback
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Congoism: Congo Discourses in the United States from 1800 to the Present

$45.00

Congoism: Congo Discourses in the United States from 1800 to the Present

$45.00
Format: Paperback
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To justify the plundering of today's Democratic Republic of the Congo, U.S. intellectual elites have continuously produced dismissive Congo discourses. Tracing these discourses in great depth and breadth, Johnny Van Hove shows how U.S. intellectuals (and their influential European counterparts) have used the Congo in similar fashions for their own goals. Analyzing intellectuals as diverse as W. E. B. Du Bois, Joseph Conrad, and David Van Reybrouck, the book offers a theorization of Central West Africa, a case study of normalized narratives on the "Other," and a stirring wake-up call for contemporary writers on international history and politics.

Author: Johnny Van Hove
ISBN-10: 383764037X
ISBN-13: 9783837640373
Publisher: Transcript Publishing
Language: English
Published: 01/16/2018
Pages: 360
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.80w x 1.00d
By Johnny Van Hove
By Johnny Van Hove
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Johnny Van Hove works as a scientific consultant in the field of migration. He writes for various news media in Germany, the U.S., and Belgium.

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