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100 1 _aL�osing, Felix.
245 1 2 _aA ›Crisis of Whiteness‹ in the ›Heart of Darkness‹ :
_bRacism and the Congo Reform Movement.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aBielefeld :
_btranscript,
_c2021.
264 4 _c{copy}2020.
300 _a1 online resource (397 pages)
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aKulturen der Gesellschaft ;
_vv.45
505 0 _aCover -- 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': L�eopold'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.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2023. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aCongo (Democratic Republic)--History.
650 0 _aCongo (Democratic Republic)--Colonial influence.
650 0 _aRacism--Congo (Democratic Republic).
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aL�osing, Felix
_tA ›Crisis of Whiteness‹ in the ›Heart of Darkness‹
_dBielefeld : transcript,c2021
_z9783837654981
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
830 0 _aKulturen der Gesellschaft
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=6508126
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