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Dutch culture continues to attract curiosity and interest worldwide, even more so now
that many are puzzled by the shifting image of the Netherlands in the 21st century: from
a country with a long-established progressive tradition and of diffuse cosmopolitanism
to a polarized country where a part of the public opinion reverts to nationalism and
isolationism.

The book examines contemporary Dutch literature, both fiction and nonfiction, that
raises topical themes and preoccupations and documents as much as shapes the discursive
formations in society around migration, diasporic identity and the cultural
memory of colonialism, slave trade and coal mining. Transnationally oriented authors
tackle these issues in ways that appear relevant to a global audience.



Table of Contents

Migration – Cultural memory – Identity negotiation – Identity performance – Fiction and nonfiction – Self-narrative – Hypermodernity – (Post)colonialism – Coal mining

Essays on Contemporary Dutch Literature:

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      Publisher: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
      Publication Date: 22/06/2022
      ISBN13: 9783034343466, 978-3034343466
      ISBN10: 3034343469

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Dutch culture continues to attract curiosity and interest worldwide, even more so now
      that many are puzzled by the shifting image of the Netherlands in the 21st century: from
      a country with a long-established progressive tradition and of diffuse cosmopolitanism
      to a polarized country where a part of the public opinion reverts to nationalism and
      isolationism.

      The book examines contemporary Dutch literature, both fiction and nonfiction, that
      raises topical themes and preoccupations and documents as much as shapes the discursive
      formations in society around migration, diasporic identity and the cultural
      memory of colonialism, slave trade and coal mining. Transnationally oriented authors
      tackle these issues in ways that appear relevant to a global audience.



      Table of Contents

      Migration – Cultural memory – Identity negotiation – Identity performance – Fiction and nonfiction – Self-narrative – Hypermodernity – (Post)colonialism – Coal mining

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