
Homeless Entertainment
On Hafid Bouazza's Literary Writing
Henriette Louwerse(Author)
Peter Lang Verlag
Published on 17. December 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-3-03911-333-0 (ISBN)
Description
Hafid Bouazza is a highly influential and celebrated author in the Netherlands today. In the context of contemporary Dutch literature, Bouazza's Moroccan background still marks a divergence from the born-and-bred Dutch norm. Authors with a bi- or multicultural background are still often cast in the role of 'exotic outsider'. Bouazza both challenges and uses this position to the full. His writing demonstrates that the perceived us-them or self-other positions are questionable ideological constructs. He undermines the concept of a unified culture and the wholeness of the self. He explores and exploits stereotypical beliefs held on both sides of the East-West divide. The result is a magical realist setting that both puzzles and enchants. This book offers a reading of Bouazza's literary prose that responds to the interpretative opportunities offered by an author who skilfully and creatively explores his peculiar freedom in his Homeless Entertainment.
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Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Peter Lang Group AG, International Academic Publishers
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
357 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-03911-333-0 (9783039113330)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
The Author: Henriëtte Louwerse grew up in the Netherlands where she studied English Literature at the University of Groningen. She is a lecturer in Dutch in the Department of Germanic Studies at the University of Sheffield.
Content
Contents: Response to the emergence and rise of multicultural authors in the Netherlands ¿ Analyses of the specific position of `outsider¿ authors focussing on concepts of (cultural) identity, home and homelessness ¿ Analyses of Bouazzäs main literary works.