ISBN:
9781137442734
Language:
English
Pages:
xi, 323 Seiten
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Illustrationen, Diagramm
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23 cm
Series Statement:
Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series
DDC:
325.394
Keywords:
Colonies History
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Imperialism History
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Imperialism Social aspects
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History
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Transnationalism Political aspects
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History
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Neutrality History
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Racism Political aspects
;
History
;
Postcolonialism History
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Switzerland Relations
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Europe Relations
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Switzerland Foreign relations
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Schweiz
;
Neutralität
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Kolonialismus
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Entkolonialisierung
;
Rassismus
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
"A turn towards the 'colonial margins' can be observed lately within colonial and postcolonial studies. It has been argued that states without former colonies and their inhabitants shared colonial discourses and were intensely involved in colonial practices. This anthology looks at Switzerland, which constitutes a perfect case in point for a host of reasons: its strong economic involvement with imperial projects of other European countries, its transnationally entangled scientific community, its doctrine of neutrality, which, among other things, made the country attractive as operational base for anti-colonial activists, the significance of Swiss Christian missions as well of the secular development aid sector thereafter, and, last but not least, a palpable, though often denied racist discourse in contemporary public debates. This collection brings together the most exciting and challenging products of recent scholarship on colonial and postcolonial Switzerland and makes them available in English for the first time"--
Note:
Literaturangaben
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Introduction: The End of Innocence : Debating Colonialism in Switzerland
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Part 1: Colonialism and Science ; 1. On the Tropical Origins of the Alps : Science and the Colonial Imagination of Switzerland, 1700-1900
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2. Race in the Making : Colonial Encounters, Body Measurements and the Global Dimensions of Swiss Racial Science, 1900-1950
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3. The Other's Colony : Switzerland and the Discovery of Côte d'Ivoire
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Part 2: (Post)colonial Economies ; 4. Patriotic Bonds and the Danger of Estrangement : Swiss Networks in Colonial South-East Asia, 1850-1930
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5. "Wonderland" Peru : Migration and the Making of an Andean Switzerland
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6. Bollywood, Chicken Curry - and IT : The Public Spectacle of the Indian Exotic, and Postcolonial Anxieties in Switzerland
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Part 3: (Post)colonial Self-Representations ; 7. Becoming Imperial : A Swiss Woman's Shifting Identity in British Southern Africa
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8. From "Native" Alpine Guides to Foreign "Sahibs" in the Himalayas : Swiss Identity Formation at the Moment of Decolonization
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9. Overburdened White Men (and Women) : Ruptured Self-Images of Young Swiss in the "Third World" (1940s to 1970s)
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Part 4: (Post)colonial Politics and Counter-Politics ; 10. The Other Side of Internationalism : Switzerland as a Hub of Militant Anti-Colonialism, c. 1910-1920
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11. "The Chinaman of old cannot be compared to the Chinaman of today" : Official Views of China and the Construction of Colonial Knowledge in Interwar Switzerland
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12. Glimpses into the Hearts of Whiteness : Institutions of Intimacy and the Desirable National
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Colonial Complicities and Hidden Imperial Entanglements : An Afterword
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