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The Doctor Who Would Be King

Af: Guillaume Lachenal Engelsk Paperback

The Doctor Who Would Be King

Af: Guillaume Lachenal Engelsk Paperback
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In The Doctor Who Would Be King Guillaume Lachenal tells the extraordinary story of Dr. Jean Joseph David, a French colonial army doctor who governed an entire region of French Cameroon during World War II. Dr. David—whom locals called “emperor”—dreamed of establishing a medical utopia. Through unchecked power, he imagined realizing the colonialist fantasy of emancipating colonized subjects from misery, ignorance, and sickness. Drawing on archives, oral histories, and ethnographic fieldwork, Lachenal traces Dr. David’s earlier attempts at a similar project on a Polynesian island and the ongoing legacies of his failed experiment in Cameroon. Lachenal does not merely recount a Conradian tale of imperial hubris, he brings the past into the present, exploring the memories and remains of Dr. David’s rule to reveal a global history of violence, desire, and failure in which hope for the future gets lost in the tragic comedy of power.
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In The Doctor Who Would Be King Guillaume Lachenal tells the extraordinary story of Dr. Jean Joseph David, a French colonial army doctor who governed an entire region of French Cameroon during World War II. Dr. David—whom locals called “emperor”—dreamed of establishing a medical utopia. Through unchecked power, he imagined realizing the colonialist fantasy of emancipating colonized subjects from misery, ignorance, and sickness. Drawing on archives, oral histories, and ethnographic fieldwork, Lachenal traces Dr. David’s earlier attempts at a similar project on a Polynesian island and the ongoing legacies of his failed experiment in Cameroon. Lachenal does not merely recount a Conradian tale of imperial hubris, he brings the past into the present, exploring the memories and remains of Dr. David’s rule to reveal a global history of violence, desire, and failure in which hope for the future gets lost in the tragic comedy of power.
Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 312
ISBN-13: 9781478017868
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1478017864
Kategori: Central Africa
Udg. Dato: 15 apr 2022
Længde: 32mm
Bredde: 229mm
Højde: 152mm
Forlag: Duke University Press
Oplagsdato: 15 apr 2022
Forfatter(e): Guillaume Lachenal
Forfatter(e) Guillaume Lachenal


Kategori Central Africa


ISBN-13 9781478017868


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 312


Udgave


Længde 32mm


Bredde 229mm


Højde 152mm


Udg. Dato 15 apr 2022


Oplagsdato 15 apr 2022


Forlag Duke University Press

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