Essentializing ‘Black Pete’: competing narratives surrounding the Sinterklaas tradition in the Netherlands
The Netherlands’ most important tradition, the celebration of the feast of Saint Nicholas, (Sinterklaas) has become subject to nation-wide contestation. As Dutch society has become more multicultural, partly due to the immigration from the former Dutch colonies in the West-Indies, new sensitivities have arisen about this institutionalised heritage practice. At the core of the controversy is the figure of Black Pete (Zwarte Piet), Saint Nicholas’ black-faced companion. Some communities within Dutch society perceive this figure as highly menacing and insulting. To the majority of the population,... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2016 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Rodenberg , J & Wagenaar , F P 2016 , ' Essentializing ‘Black Pete’: competing narratives surrounding the Sinterklaas tradition in the Netherlands ' , International Journal of Heritage Studies , vol. 22 , no. 9 , pp. 716-728 . https://doi.org/10.1080/13527258.2016.1193039 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27622109 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/51025c60-df61-46ae-aa2c-9057adbe2f91 |