From Samoa with LoveSamoan Travellers in Germany 1895-1911. Retracing the Foots
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Voelkerschauen, or human ethnological displays, promised to take visitors "around the world for fifty pennies," providing a form of popular entertainment in late-nineteenth and early twentieth-century Germany while also satisfying deepening European curiosities about exotic peoples and places. For the Samoans--many of high social status--who traveled to Germany to take part in voelkerschauen, the displays were seen as an opportunity to establish political ties with the colonial power.From Samoa With Love? traces the history of these displays of "typically" Samoan forms of music, dance, and weapons performance that could be found in amusement parks, zoos, and even at Oktoberfest. Recovering both German and Samoan interests in voelkerschauen between 1895 and 1911, the book looks at how these Samoan ethnological displays shaped the ways German people saw foreign cultures. Echoes of voelkerschauen, for instance, came to be seen in many works of art of the period, from Ludwig Kirchner's woodcut Rowing Samoan Woman to Erich Heckel's Samoan Dance, paintings and prints by the Samoan-descended artist Michel Tuffery, and works by artists of the Dresden-based collective Die Brucke. Featuring interviews with descendants of former voelkerschauen performers, the detailed reconstruction in From Samoa With Love? goes well beyond cliches to present a nuanced picture of the phenomena of Samoan ethnological displays.
Language: English
Book Title: From Samoa with Love
Author: Hilker Thode-Arora
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