Pursuing Whiteness in the Colonies Private Memories from the Congo Freestate and German East Africa (1884-1914)

• Main Author: Natermann, Diana Miryong (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Waxmann Verlag 2018
• Series: Historische Belgienforschung 3
• Subjects: Colonialism & imperialism; colonies; egodocuments; colonial history; Gender Studies; postcolonial theories
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Pursuing Whiteness in the Colonies offers a new comprehension of colonial history from below by taking remnants of individual agencies from a whiteness studies perspective. It highlights the experiences and perceptions of colonisers and how they portrayed and re-interpreted their identities in Afric...