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Erich Scheurmann's Samoan Travel Writing and Fiction

Panel: 
Travel and Tourism in German Culture
Abstract: 

Scheurmann’s travel writing and novels derive from his pre-World War I stay in German Samoa. His texts focus on pauperized Germans located at the margins of the German colonial state. These pauperized Germans expose and question the colonialist practices of German settlers and administrators.

Presenter Information
First Name: 
Richard
Last Name: 
Sperber
Institution: 
Carthage College