No. 4 (2009): Amitié, Convivialité, Hospitalité / Friendship, Conviviality, Hospitality
Studies

Friendship: Indigenous Hosts & German Travelers

Renae Watchman
University of Arizona

Published 2009-01-01

Keywords

  • Travel Literature,
  • Kadu,
  • O-Mai,
  • Humboldt,
  • Forster,
  • Indigenous,
  • Native American,
  • Germany,
  • Naturalist
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How to Cite

Watchman, R. (2009). Friendship: Indigenous Hosts & German Travelers . Theatrum Historiae, (4), 251–265. Retrieved from https://theatrum.upce.cz/index.php/theatrum/article/view/1824

Abstract

18th-19th centuries travel to the "contact zones" of diverse Indigenous communities by European Others initiated new experiences, which were further re-presented to Europe via detailed, albeit onesided narratives. The Indigenous – as a site or as a prototype – were imagined, fictionalized, and befriended by German explorer-intellectuals through Travel Literature. The European understanding of the indigenous world was heightened, while, the Indigenous counter-gaze reveals mutual curiosity and resistance through a re-reading of Indigenous acts of song, dance, laughter and silence found in the travelogues of Humboldt and Forster.

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