Dutch Colonialism, Migration and Cultural Heritage - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Dutch Colonialism, Migration and Cultural Heritage write by Geert Oostindie. This book was released on 2008-01-01. Dutch Colonialism, Migration and Cultural Heritage available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Migration flows in the former Dutch colonial orbit created an intricate web connecting the Netherlands to Africa, Asia and the Americas; Africa to the Americas and to Asia; in the nineteenth century Asia to the Americas, with, in the post-Second World War period, the direction of migration shifting to the Netherlands. Some of these migrations were voluntary, others were forced; they helped to create colonial societies that were never typically Dutch, but did have Dutch characteristics. Power imbalance, ethnic differences and creolization characterized the cultural configuration of these colonial societies. This book, with contributions by a number of Dutch scholars, provides state-of-the-art discussions on these migration histories. In addition, it presents reflections on the ways this past and its repercussions are remembered (or forgotten, or actively silenced) throughout the former colonial empire. This part of the book is embedded in the wider contemporary debate about the contested concept of cultural heritage, and about the possibility of meaningful cultural heritage policies in a post-colonial world.
Dutch Colonialism, Migration and Cultural Heritage
Dutch Colonialism, Migration and Cultural Heritage - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Dutch Colonialism, Migration and Cultural Heritage write by Geert Oostindie. This book was released on 2008. Dutch Colonialism, Migration and Cultural Heritage available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Post-Colonial Immigrants and Identity Formations in the Netherlands
Post-Colonial Immigrants and Identity Formations in the Netherlands - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Post-Colonial Immigrants and Identity Formations in the Netherlands write by Ulbe Bosma. This book was released on 2012. Post-Colonial Immigrants and Identity Formations in the Netherlands available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this book Ulbe Bosma explores the experience of immigrants in the Netherlands over sixty years and three generations. Looking at migrants from all countries, Bosma teases out how their ethnic identities are informed by Dutch culture, and how these immigrant identities evolve over time.“Fascinating, comprehensive, and historically grounded, this essential volume reveals how the colonial past continues to shape multicultural Dutch society. . . . It is an important counterpart to work on France, Britain, and Portugal.”—Andrea Smith, Lafayette College
Dutch Culture Overseas
Dutch Culture Overseas - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Dutch Culture Overseas write by Frances Gouda. This book was released on 2008. Dutch Culture Overseas available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. European colonial expansion led to Dutch notions of civilised society, or the Dutch's community's flexible and relatively charitable attitudes toward 'others', being scattered (as in the Greek word 'diaspeirein') to the four corners of the earth. In some cases, the exportation of Dutch cultural values to places overseas, like North America, endowed 'Dutchness' with subtle new meanings. But in colonial Indonesia, Dutch political customs and traditions were transformed in the process of migrating to exotic locales. In this book, Frances Gouda examines the ways in which the Netherlands portrayed its unique colonial style to the outside world. Why were citizens of a small and politically insignificant European nation able to represent as natural and normal their dominance over ancient civilizations on islands such as Java and Bali? How did Dutch colonial residents explain the cultural differences between themselves and the supposedly 'primitive' peoples of the Indonesian archipelago? In trying to understand the 'gendering' practices of colonial governance in the Netherlands East Indies, Gouda also explores the interactions of Dutch and Indonesian women with European men. FRANCES GOUDA earned a Ph.D. in history from the University of Washington in Seattle in 1980. She is currently professor of history and gender studies in the Political Science Department of the University of Amsterdam.
Postcolonial Netherlands
Postcolonial Netherlands - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Postcolonial Netherlands write by Gert Oostindie. This book was released on 2011. Postcolonial Netherlands available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "The Netherlands is home to one million citizens with roots in the former colonies Indonesia, Suriname and the Antilles. Entitlement to Dutch citizenship, pre-migration acculturation in Dutch language and culture as well as a strong rhetorical argument ('We are here because you were there') were strong assets of the first generation. This 'postcolonial bonus' indeed facilitated their integration. In the process, the initial distance to mainstream Dutch culture diminished. Postwar Dutch society went through serious transformations. Its once lily white population now includes two million non-Western migrants and the past decade witnessed heated debates about multiculturalism. The most important debates about the postcolonial migrant communities centeracknowledgmentgement and the inclusion of colonialism and its legacies in the national memorial culture. This resulted in state-sponsored gestures, ranging from financial compensation to monuments. The ensemble of such gestures reflect a guilt-ridden and inconsistent attempt to 'do justice' to the colonial past and to Dutch citizens with colonial roots. Postcolonial Netherlands is the first scholarly monograph to address these themes in an internationally comparative framework. Upon its publication in the Netherlands (2010) the book elicited much praise, but also serious objections to some of the author's theses, such as his prediction about the diminishing relevance of postcolonial roots"--Publisher's description.
