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Colonial Space

Spatiality in the Discourse of German South West Africa 1884-1915
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Colonial Space explores how the literature of the German colony in South-West Africa (1884–1915) played an active role in shaping colonial experience. The author, J.K. Noyes, argues that literature not only describes but helps structure the experience and social forms of colonisation, using the concept of spatiality to connect colonisation, representation, and experience.
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This book is suited for readers interested in colonial studies, literary theory, history, anthropology, and the cultural production of space during colonisation.

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The central argument of this book is that spaciality is the concept which allows us to understand the interrelations between colonization, representation, personal experience and social form. The first part is a theoretical discussion and the second provides a series of studies of texts.

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First published in 1992, 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 Africa between the years 1884 and 1915. The author’s aim is to demonstrate the active role which literature had played in structuring the experience of the colony.

If it could be shown that literature not only describes, but also helps to structure the forms of experience, then it would follow that it also plays an important role in structuring the experience of colonisation, and hence the form of the colony itself. From the outset, therefore, the study was concerned with a number of issues centring around colonisation, representation, experience, and social form, where spatiality is the concept which allows us to understand how these various aspects of colonialism interrelate.

Colonial Space is a profound exploration of these themes and the intricate ways in which literature shapes and reflects the colonial experience.

Series: Studies in Anthropology and History

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  • Colonial Space
    First published in 1992, 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 Africa between the years 1884 and 1915. The author’s aim is to demonstrate the active role which literature had played in structuring the experience of the colony. If...
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"It is safe to predict that historians, anthropologists, but also theorists of literature and philosophers will acclaim this work as a major event."

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ISBN: 9783718651672

Publisher: Harwood-Academic Publishers

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 29 May 1992

Country: Switzerland

Imprint: Harwood-Academic Publishers

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 178.0mm

Height: 254.0mm

Weight: 861g

Pages: 326

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