Schrift – Macht – Alltag

Lesen und Schreiben im kolonialen Südafrika

By (author) Gesine Krüger

Book cover: Schrift – Macht – Alltag

Extent: 363 pages

Publisher: Böhlau Verlag Köln

Subjects: African Studies, Anthropology, Social Sciences 

Language: German

Hardback (Out of print)

(June 2009)

ISBN: 9783412201166

6.34 x 9.25 inches

Price: $69.00

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Bereits vor mehr als hundert Jahren schrieben afrikanische Bergarbeiter, die am Witwatersrand fur die grossen Minenhauser schufteten, regelmassig Briefe an ihre Angehorigen und Freunde zu Hause und erhielten umgekehrt Post von ihnen. Die Schrift hatte um 1900 Eingang in die afrikanische Alltagskultur gefunden. Von der afrikanischen Geschichtsschreibung lange Zeit vernachlassigt, zeigen Dokumente der Alltagsschriftlichkeit, dass die alphabetische Schrift nicht allein als koloniales Herrschaftsinstrument verstanden werden kann, so die These dieses Bandes. Auch Zettel, Notizen, Schulaufsatze, Leserbriefe und andere Texte erschliessen einen Umgang mit der Schrift, bei dem Lesen und Schreiben neben dem eigenen Vergnugen auch gerade der Kritik des Kolonialismus dienten sowie neue uberregionale Formen der Geselligkeit und des Austausches schufen. Weiter wird gezeigt, dass Behorden und Mission dem unkontrollierten Schriftgebrauch allerdings mit grosstem Misstrauen begegneten. So gehort nicht nur die Verbreitung, sondern auch die Unterdruckung der Literalitat zum kolonialen Erbe.

Gesine Krüger ist Professorin für Geschichte der Neuzeit und für Außereuropäische Geschichte an der Universität Zürich.

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