A ›Crisis of Whiteness‹ in the ›Heart of Darkness‹ : Racism and the Congo Reform Movement.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Bielefeld :
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2021.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Kulturen der Gesellschaft
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Table of Contents:
- 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.