An Enormous Interstitial Mestizo? The (Im)possibility of Eurasian Identity in Dutch Postcolonial Novels
This article examines the (im)possibility of Eurasian identity in Dutch postcolonial novels by second-generation authors such as Marion Bloem and Adriaan van Dis. As a result of Indonesia’s decolonisation 300.000 Dutch nationals came from the former Dutch East Indies to the Netherlands. Among them was a large group of Eurasians, people of mixed Dutch and Indonesian descent. Many of whom had never set foot on the so-called motherland. Although Eurasians had belonged to the European community in the tropics, they were perceived as immigrants by the Dutch government and were subjected to an aggre... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2016 |
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Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
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Schlagwörter: | Eurasians / ‘mixed race’ / hybridity / diasporic identities / Dutch postcolonial literature / postcolonial studies |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28642074 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/werk/article/view/werk-2016-0003 |