Post-Colonial Immigrants and Identity Formations in the Netherlands
Will be published approx. on 11. September 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
252 pages
978-90-8964-454-1 (ISBN)
Description
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 treated here as a distinct analytical category with a unique relationship to the receiving society. After all, over 90 per cent were Dutch citizens before even reaching the Netherlands, as they did in huge waves between 1945 and 1980. Together they constitute 6 per cent of today's Dutch population. So, how did they form their identities? What were relationships with locals like? How have second and third generations responded? Post-Colonial Immigrants and Identity Formations in the Netherlands offers the germane scholarship on one particular country with a particularly rich history to readers worldwide.
Reviews / Votes
"Fascinating, comprehensive, and historically grounded, this essential volume reveals how the colonial past continues to shape multicultural Dutch society... It is an important counterpart to work on France, Britain, and Portugal." --Andrea Smith, Lafayette College, Easton, PA (USA) |"A much-welcomed inquiry into processes and relations associated with colonialism and slave trade - notably, racism and disparities based in ascribed status. This book invites further exploration in and comparison with other European and extra-European contexts. " - Margarida Marques, New University of LisbonMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Academic
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
318 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-8964-454-1 (9789089644541)
DOI
10.5117/9789089644541
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10/2025
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Persons
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.
Content
Post-Colonial Immigrants and Identity Formations in the Netherlands - 2 Table of contents - 6 1 Introduction Post-colonial immigrants and identity formations in the Netherlands - 8 2 Dutch politicians, the Dutch nation and the dynamics of post-colonial citizenship - 28 3 Representations of post-colonial migrants in discussions on intermarriage in the Netherlands,1945-2005 - 50 4 Group-related or host state-related?Understanding the historical development of Surinamese organisations in Amsterdam,1965-2000 - 78 5 Post-colonial migrant festivals in the Netherlands - 100 6 Closing the 'KNIL chapter': A key moment in identity formation of Moluccans in the Netherlands - 118 7 Tjalie Robinson (1911-1974): A mediator between East and West - 136 8 History brought home: Post-colonial migrations and the Dutch rediscovery of slavery - 156 9 Cultural memory and Indo-Dutch identity formations - 176 10 Why is there no post-colonial debate in the Netherlands? - 194 Collective references - 214 List of contributors - 234 Index - 236