'Nature' in German Colonial Literature for Children and Young People

Autor/inn/en	Kleinau, Elke; Riettiens, Lilli
Titel	'Nature' in German Colonial Literature for Children and Young People
Quelle	In: History of Education, 49 (2020) 4, S.440-458 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Kleinau, Elke) ORCID (Riettiens, Lilli)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0046-760X
DOI	10.1080/0046760X.2020.1753825
Schlagwörter	German Literature; Foreign Policy; Children; Literary Genres; Teaching Methods; Educational History; Novels; Environment; Foreign Countries; Germany; Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Deutsche literatur; Außenpolitik; Child; Kind; Kinder; Literarische Form; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Novel; Roman; Umwelt; Ausland; Deutschland; Afrika
Abstract	German colonialism has long been treated as a sort of footnote in the epoch of the Empire due to its relatively short time span. The focus was mostly on the reconstruction of a story of 'white' men -- as the story of pioneers, 'discoverers', missionaries or traders. But how were children included in the colonial project? This article deals with this question with regard to the genre of colonial literature for children that emerged in the German Empire. Due to their pedagogic impetus these novels are of significance for historical educational research: they were explicitly put in the service of instruction to inspire children with the meaning of colonial issues. Within these novels 'nature' had high priority. On the basis of selected colonial novels for boys and girls, this article investigates the question of what was understood by 'nature' and of its importance for colonial education. (As Provided).
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Update	2022/1/01