Postcolonial Netherlands : Sixty-five Years of Forgetting, Commemorating, Silencing

Gert Oostindie

ISBN 10: 9089643532 / ISBN 13: 9789089643537

Published by Amsterdam University Press Jul 2011, 2011

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Neuware - Nederland telt ruim een miljoen burgers met wortels in de voormalige koloniën, Indonesië, Suriname en de Antillen. Juridisch staatsburgerschap, voorgaande bekendheid met de Nederlandse taal en cultuur en een sterk retorisch argument ('Wij zijn hier omdat jullie daar waren') gaven deze migranten een vergelijkenderwijs sterke uitgangspositie. Deze 'p.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Postcolonial Netherlands : Sixty-five Years of Forgetting, Commemorating, Silencing
• Publisher: Amsterdam University Press Jul 2011
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9089643532
• ISBN 13: 9789089643537
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 156H x 15D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 156 millimeters height by 15 millimeters depth
• Weight: 499 grams

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Synopsis

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 the Dutch language and culture as well as a strong rhetorical argument (“We are here because you were there!”) were important assets of the first generation, facilitating its integration into the Dutch society. The current Dutch population counts two million non-Western migrants, and the past decade witnessed heated debates about multiculturalism, the most important ones centered on acknowledgement and inclusion of colonialism and its legacies in the national memorial culture. Postcolonial Netherlands, which elicited much praise but also controversy following the publication of its Dutch edition, is the first scholarly monograph to address these themes in an internationally comparative framework.

About the Author

Gert Oostindie is director of the Royal Institute of Linguistics and Anthropology (KITLV) in Leiden and professor of Caribbean history at Leiden University.