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...

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Bibliographic Details

Published in:	Austrian Studies Vol. 15; pp. 53 - 65
Main Author:	Sagarra, Eda
Format:	Article
Published:	Modern Humanities Research Association 2007
Subjects:	Satire Wit & humor One-act plays Drama Gender Allusions
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost