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Post-Colonial Immigrants and Identity Formations in the Netherlands
By Ulbe Bosma
Copyright 2012
244 Pages
by
Routledge
244 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book explores the Dutch post-colonial migrant experience within the context of a wider European debate. Over 60 years and three generations of migration history is presented, while also surveying an impressive body of post-colonial literature, much of which has never reached an international audience. While other research focuses on one or, at most, two groups, post-colonial migrants are... Read more
1 Introduction Post-colonial immigrants and identity formations in the Netherlands, 2 Dutch politicians, the Dutch nation and the dynamics of post-colonial citizenship, 3 Representations of post-colonial migrants in discussions on intermarriage in the Netherlands,1945-2005, 4 Group-related or host state-related? Understanding the historical development of Surinamese organisations in Amsterdam,1965-2000, 5 Post-colonial migrant festivals in the Netherlands, 6 Closing the ‘KNIL chapter’: A key moment in identity formation of Moluccans in the Netherlands, 7 Tjalie Robinson (1911-1974): A mediator between East and West, 8 History brought home: Post-colonial migrations and the Dutch rediscovery of slavery, 9 Cultural memory and Indo-Dutch identity formations, 10 Why is there no post-colonial debate in the Netherlands? Collective references, List of contributors, Index.
Biography
Ulbe Bosma is senior researcher at the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam and professor in International Comparative Social History at the VU University Amsterdam.
