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The 'Black Horror on the Rhine'

Intersections of Race, Nation, Gender and Class in 1920s Germany

Palgrave Macmillan

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  • Provides a detailed historically grounded examination of the intertwining of race, nation, gender and class.

  • Presents detailed innovative analysis of previously unknown visual and text based 1920s source materials.

  • Examines in-depth an important chapter in the archaeology of European racism.

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Table of contents (4 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
  2. Introduction

    • Iris Wigger
    Pages 1-44
  3. Conclusions

    • Iris Wigger
    Pages 307-330
  4. Back Matter

    Pages 331-389

About this book

This book explores the 'Black Horror' campaign as an important chapter in the popularisation of racialised discourse in European history. Originating in early 1920s Germany, this international racist campaign was promoted through modern media, targeting French occupation troops from colonial Africa on German soil and using stereotypical images of 'racially primitive', sexually depraved black soldiers threatening and raping 'white women' in 1920s Germany to generate widespread public concern about their presence. The campaign became an international phenomenon in Post-WWI Europe, and had followers throughout Europe, the US and Australia. Wigger examines the campaign's combination of race, gender, nation and class as categories of social inclusion and exclusion, which led to the formation of a racist conglomerate of interlinked discriminations. Her book offers readers a rare insight into a widely forgotten chapter of popular racism in Europe, and sets out the benefits of a historically reflexive study of racialised discourse and its intersectionality.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Social Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom

    Iris Wigger

About the author

Iris Wigger is Lecturer of Sociology in the Department of Social Sciences at Loughborough University, UK. The main focus of her research is racism analysis in historical context - exploring the intersectionalities between ‘race’ and other categories of social inclusion and exclusion.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The 'Black Horror on the Rhine'

  • Book Subtitle: Intersections of Race, Nation, Gender and Class in 1920s Germany

  • Authors: Iris Wigger

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-31861-9

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-34361-0Published: 11 January 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-59485-6Published: 15 March 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-31861-9Published: 24 November 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 389

  • Number of Illustrations: 27 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Cultural History, History of Germany and Central Europe, Cultural Studies, Historical Sociology, Social History

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eBook USD 89.00
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Softcover Book USD 119.99
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Hardcover Book USD 119.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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