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Discursive colonialism: German settler communities, their media and infrastructure in Africa, 1898–1914
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posted on 2023-06-09, 11:29 authored by Corinna Scha¨ferWithin the short but brutal period of German colonialism in Africa, settlers set up their own press system. The newspapers became an important medium for them to build supportive networks, make their voices heard and bring their colonial projects forward. In this context, the settler newspapers became keen advocates for a fast expansion of colonial infrastructure, such as railways. This chapter explores the settler press both as a site that depended on technologies, and as a site of construction and circulation of discourses on infrastructure. It argues that infrastructures also communicated a message on their own, one that could be contested by African communities who were otherwise largely excluded from an active contribution to the discourse of the settlers.
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Palgrave MacmillanPage range
77-93Book title
Representing communities: discourse and contextsPlace of publication
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9783319650296Department affiliated with
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Ruth Sanz SabidoLegacy Posted Date
2018-01-10Usage metrics
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