1st Edition
Postcolonial Memory in the Netherlands Meaningful Voices, Meaningful Silences
By Gerlov van Engelenhoven
Copyright 2022
162 Pages
by
Routledge
162 Pages
by
Routledge
This book is about postcolonial memory in the Netherlands. This term refers to conflicts in contemporary society about how the colonial past should be remembered. The question is often: who has the right or ability to tell their stories and who do not? In other words: who has a voice, and who is silenced? As such, these conflicts represent a wider tendency in cultural theory and activism to use... Read more
Acknowledgments, Introduction, Postcolonial memory in the Netherlands: Meaningful voices; meaningful silences, Chapter one, Two cases of Moluccan identity articulation: Deceptive voices and empowering silences in individual and collective self-representation, Chapter two, The case of the train hijackings: Appropriated voices and protective silences in media representation, Chapter three, The case of Jan Pieterszoon Coen's statue: Repressive voices and resistant silences in public space, Chapter four, The case of De Grauwe Eeuw: Disruptive voices and silences in social activism, Conclusion, Beyond logocentrism, Epilogue, East Indian deafness, Works cited, Index
Biography
Gerlov van Engelenhoven is an assistant professor at Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS), teaching courses on postcolonial memory, law & culture, and cultural interaction. From 2024-2028 he will run a new research project on Silence as Empowerment in Contemporary Dutch Postcolonial Memory, funded by NWO through a Veni-grant.
