Germans on the Kenyan Coast: Land, Charity, and Romance
Nina Berman
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Hardback. Num Pages: 284 pages, 8 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1HFGK; HBJD; HBJH; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 556.
Diani, a coastal town on the Indian Ocean, is significantly defined by a large European presence that has spurred economic development and is also supported by close relationships between Kenyans and European immigrants and tourists. Nina Berman looks carefully at the repercussions that these economic and social interactions have brought to life on the Kenyan coast. She explores what happens when poorer and less powerful members of a community are forced to give way to profit-based real estate development, what it means when most of Diani's schools and water resources are supplied by funds from immigrants, and what the impact ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
Number of Pages
276
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253024244
SKU
V9780253024244
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99-50
About Nina Berman
Nina Berman is Professor of International Letters and Cultures at Arizona State University Her most recent book publications include German Literature on the Middle East: Discourses and Practices, 1000–1989 and an edited anthology (with Klaus Mühlhahn and Patrice Nganang), German Colonialism Revisited: African, Asian, and Oceanic Experiences.
Reviews for Germans on the Kenyan Coast: Land, Charity, and Romance
Nina Berman provides a nuanced, fresh, and contemplative interpretation of the colonial and post independence interaction between Kenya and Germany, shedding light on the romantic, psychosexual and psychosocial, and economic entanglements that tie German tourists to their Kenyan hosts on the Kenyan coast.
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Nina Berman's Germans on the Kenyan Coast: Land, Charity, and Romance is a ... Read more
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Nina Berman's Germans on the Kenyan Coast: Land, Charity, and Romance is a ... Read more