A ›Crisis of Whiteness‹ in the ›Heart of Darkness‹ : Racism and the Congo Reform Movement.

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Main Author: Lösing, Felix.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bielefeld : transcript, 2021.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Kulturen der Gesellschaft
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505 0 |a Cover -- Contents -- 1. Introduction: Conrad's ghosts -- 2. Colonisation and 'reform' of the Congo -- 2.1 'A slice of the magnificent African cake': Congo Free State and Congo Scandal -- 2.2 'To fight the forces of evil': The movement for 'Congo Reform' -- 2.3 'The deep interest of all classes': Race, gender, class and the reform movement -- 3. Congo reform and the crisis of racist representation -- 3.1 'Darkest Africa', Brightest Europe: Stanley's imagined Congo and the promise of its submission -- 3.2 'Ugly': Racist classification and 'white' culture in crisis -- 3.3 'Savage perpetrators', 'helpless victims', 'white and civilised saviours': The dramatic triangle of racist humanitarianism -- 4. Congo reform and the crisis of racist politics -- 4.1 'Boundaries occupied and guarded': Léopold's promise of colonial hegemony in Central Africa -- 4.2 'They will rise en masse': Colonial hegemony and white supremacy in crisis -- 4.3 'A humane and practical government of Africa by white men': The humanitarian framework for a stable colonial structure -- 5. Congo reform and the crisis of racist societalisation -- 5.1 'To combine all elements of the civilised world': The formation of colonial 'whiteness' and its promised benefits -- 5.2 'The white man's undoing': Negative societalisation in crisis -- 5.3 'To root out the canker': Access, purge and the racist spectacle of humanitarianism -- 6. Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References. 
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