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I den europeiska civilisationens tjänst: Svenska kolonisationsberättelser från mellankrigstidens Afrika
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Department of Film and Literature. (Centre for Concurrences in Colonial and Postcolonial Studies)
2020 (Swedish)In: Historisk Tidskrift, ISSN 0345-469X, E-ISSN 2002-4827, Vol. 140, no 3, p. 444-475Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Research on Nordic colonialisms constitutes a growing field and has mainly been concerned with Nordic examples of oversees colonialism as well as with so-called internal colonialism, often connected with Sapmi and the Sami. This article highlights a third focus within the field of Nordic colonialism, examining Nordic participation in the wider field of European colonialism. The source material consists of five "colonization narratives" written by four authors based on their experiences of working and living in different colonial contexts in Central and East Africa. Margit Rundgren's Tvei ar pa Kongofloden [Two Years on the Congo River] (1930) describes her time in the Belgian Congo, while Hjalmar Frisell's two books, Sju ar i talt: Bland svarta och vita [Seven Years in a Tent: Among Blacks and Whites] (1937) and Leva farligt i Afrika [Dangerous Living in Africa] (1937) as well as Eric von Otter's Som officer och storviltjagare i Turkana [As an Officer and Hunter in Turkana] (1930) take place in British Kenya. Finally, Gunnar Agge's I svart tjeinst mellan vita stormakter: Tre ar som regeringslakare i Ogaden [In Black Service between White Great Powers: Three Years as Government Doctor in Ogaden] (1935) describes the author's work in Ethiopia, which became an Italian colony 1935 after having been the sole remaining independent state in the area. The analysis of these texts is focused on the following research questions: How are the different colonial systems described and how do these Swedish writers relate to them and to the African contexts they encounter? How do these texts expose ideas about cultural difference and development? The article examines and analyzes the complexity in the colonial encounters described in the works as well as the differences between them.

Abstract [sv]

Svenskars deltagande i den europeiska kolonialismen är ett forskningsområde som först under senare tid rönt ett stort intresse. I denna uppsats undersöks fem reseberättelser publicerade under 1930-talet av fyra författare som varit yrkesverksamma i olika koloniala kontexter i Central- och Östafrika. Analysen visar hur djupt beroende dessa reseberättare var av de koloniala system de verkade inom liksom hur texterna präglas av koloniala diskurser, men också hur de på olika sätt uttrycker kritik mot den europeiska kolonialismen de tjänade inom.

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Svenska Historiska Föreningen, 2020. Vol. 140, no 3, p. 444-475
Keywords [en]
Swedish travel literature, 1920´and 1930', Africa, colonialism, anti-colonialism
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General Literature Studies
Research subject
Humanities, Comparative literature
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-98390ISI: 000585398500005OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-98390DiVA, id: diva2:1474485
Available from: 2020-10-08 Created: 2020-10-08 Last updated: 2022-05-10Bibliographically approved

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