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The 'Black Horror on the Rhine': Intersections of Race, Nation, Gender and Class in 1920s Germany
Iris Wigger
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Description for The 'Black Horror on the Rhine': Intersections of Race, Nation, Gender and Class in 1920s Germany
hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
This book explores the 'Black Horror' campaign as an important chapter in the popularisation of racialised discourse in European history. Originating in early 1920s Germany, this international racist campaign was promoted through modern media, targeting French occupation troops from colonial Africa on German soil and using stereotypical images of 'racially primitive', sexually depraved black soldiers threatening and raping 'white women' in 1920s Germany to generate widespread public concern about their presence. The campaign became an international phenomenon in Post-WWI Europe, and had followers throughout Europe, the US and Australia. Wigger examines the campaign's combination of race, gender, nation and ... Read more
This book explores the 'Black Horror' campaign as an important chapter in the popularisation of racialised discourse in European history. Originating in early 1920s Germany, this international racist campaign was promoted through modern media, targeting French occupation troops from colonial Africa on German soil and using stereotypical images of 'racially primitive', sexually depraved black soldiers threatening and raping 'white women' in 1920s Germany to generate widespread public concern about their presence. The campaign became an international phenomenon in Post-WWI Europe, and had followers throughout Europe, the US and Australia. Wigger examines the campaign's combination of race, gender, nation and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
389
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230343610
SKU
V9780230343610
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About Iris Wigger
Iris Wigger is Lecturer of Sociology in the Department of Social Sciences at Loughborough University, UK. The main focus of her research is racism analysis in historical context - exploring the intersectionalities between ‘race’ and other categories of social inclusion and exclusion.
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