{"product_id":"9783777422398","title":"From Samoa With Love?: Retracing the Footsteps","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eVölkerschauen,\u003c\/i\u003e or human ethnological displays, promised to take visitors “around the world for fifty pennies,” providing a form of popular entertainment in late-nineteenth and early twentieth-century Germany while also satisfying deepening European curiosities about exotic peoples and places. For the Samoans—many of high social status—who traveled to Germany to take part in \u003ci\u003evölkerschauen\u003c\/i\u003e, the displays were seen as an opportunity to establish political ties with the colonial power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom Samoa With Love?\u003c\/i\u003e traces the history of these displays of “typically” Samoan forms of music, dance, and weapons performance that could be found in amusement parks, zoos, and even at Oktoberfest.  Recovering both German and Samoan interests in \u003ci\u003evölkerschauen\u003c\/i\u003e between 1895 and 1911\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e the book looks at how these Samoan ethnological displays shaped the ways German people saw foreign cultures. Echoes of \u003ci\u003evölkerschauen, \u003c\/i\u003efor instance, came to be seen in many works of art of the period, from Ludwig Kirchner’s woodcut \u003ci\u003eRowing Samoan Woman\u003c\/i\u003e to Erich Heckel’s \u003ci\u003eSamoan Dance\u003c\/i\u003e, paintings and prints by the Samoan-descended artist Michel Tuffery, and works by artists of the Dresden-based collective Die Brücke. Featuring interviews with descendants of former \u003ci\u003evölkerschauen \u003c\/i\u003eperformers, the detailed reconstruction in \u003ci\u003eFrom Samoa With Love?\u003c\/i\u003e goes well beyond clichés to present a nuanced picture of the phenomena of Samoan ethnological displays.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hirmer Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47048927478000,"sku":"9783777422398","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783777422398_p0.jpg?v=1763683922","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783777422398","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}