Nestroy's Häuptling Abendwind as Post-Colonial Text?
Nestroy's one-act play and penultimate farce, Häuptling Abendwind oder das gräuliche Festmahl (1862) offers the modern reader an early satire on European colonial mentality. Its particular focus on the notion of a 'civilizing' mission to native peoples lends itself to a reading informed by modern po...
| Published in: | Austrian Studies Vol. 15; pp. 53 - 65 |
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2007
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=28121977&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 28121977 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 13507532 U2A jtl: Austrian Studies issn: 13507532 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2007 vid: 15 pid: 264 pub: Modern Humanities Research Association artinfo: ui: 28121977 10.1353/aus.2007.0020 ppf: 53 ppct: 12 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 138KB tig: atl: Nestroy's Häuptling Abendwind as Post-Colonial Text? aug: au: Sagarra, Eda affil: Trinity College Dublin su: Satire Wit & humor One-act plays Drama Gender Allusions sug: subj: Satire Wit & humor One-act plays Drama Gender Allusions ab: Nestroy's one-act play and penultimate farce, Häuptling Abendwind oder das gräuliche Festmahl (1862) offers the modern reader an early satire on European colonial mentality. Its particular focus on the notion of a 'civilizing' mission to native peoples lends itself to a reading informed by modern post-colonial insights. Predicated, as was his French model, Vent du soir (1857), on the Atreus legend, Nestroy's text abounds in often absurd intertextual allusions, while his drastic subversion of the received wisdom of a 'hierarchy of races' finds a parallel in his witty reversion of the hierarchy of gender, the 'naïve' South Sea islander Atala proving more than a match for her sophisticated 'discoverer' and lover, Arthur. Nestroys Einakter und vorletzte Posse Häuptling Abendwind oder das gräuliche Festmahl (1862) bietet sich dem modernen Leser als frühe Satire der europäischen kolonialen Mentalität dar. Der besondere Fokus auf die Vorstellung einer 'zivilisierenden' Mission an einheimische Völker eignet sich für eine Lesart des Textes, die sich an postkolonialen Theorien ausrichtet. Da die Posse wie deren französische Vorlage Vent du soir (1857) auf der Atreus-Legende basiert, enthält der Text eine Fülle von oft absurden intertextuellen Anspielungen. Gleichzeitig findet Nestroys drastische Subvertierung akzeptierter Vorstellungen einer Hierarchie der menschlichen Rassen ein Gegenstück in der komischen Umkehr der 'Hierarchie der Geschlechter': die 'naive' Südseeinsulanerin Atala erweist sich als weitaus gewiefter als ihr affektierter 'Entdecker' und Liebhaber Arthur. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Austrian Studies is the property of Modern Humanities Research Association and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Austrian Studies holder: Modern Humanities Research Association dt: @attributes: year: 2007 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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