On yellowface, colonialism and cultural appreciation: Chinese-themed carnival in Germany
Published online on April 24, 2026
Abstract
Journal of European Studies, Ahead of Print.
Carnival in Germany has produced distinctive traditions that imagine and perform ‘Chineseness’, most prominently in Bavarian Dietfurt’s ‘Chinese Carnival’ and Cologne’s carnival association Ihrefelder Chinese. Drawing on costumes, paper lanterns, dragons, ...
Carnival in Germany has produced distinctive traditions that imagine and perform ‘Chineseness’, most prominently in Bavarian Dietfurt’s ‘Chinese Carnival’ and Cologne’s carnival association Ihrefelder Chinese. Drawing on costumes, paper lanterns, dragons, ...