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Published on: 2016-02-15
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Around 1900, when the last blank spaces on their maps were filled, Europeans traveled to far-flung places hoping to find the spectacularly foreign. They discovered instead what Freud called, several years later, the uncannily familiar: disturbing reflections of themselves—either actual Europeans or Westernized natives. This experience was most extreme for German travelers, who arrived in the contact zones late, on the heels of other European colonialists, and it resulted not in understanding or tolerance but in an increased propensity for violence and destruction. The quest for a “virginal,” exotic existence proved to be ruined at its source, mirroring back to the travelers demonic parodies of their own worst aspects. In this strikingly original book, John Zilcosky demonstrates how these popular “uncanny” encounters influenced Freud’s—and the literary modernists’—use of the term, and how these encounters remain at the heart of our cross-cultural anxieties today. Munk School of Global Affairs Join the Global Conversation Deeply integrated into the University of Toronto the Munk School of Global Affairs brings together the best minds to advance the latest thinking on global issues. Centre for Comparative Literature University of Toronto ... Welcome to the Centre for Comparative Literature. The Centre for Comparative Literature at the University of Toronto offers M.A. and Ph.D. programs of study in every ...
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