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| Louwerse, Henriëtte |
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| Homeless Entertainment |
| On Hafid Bouazza's Literary Writing |
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Cultural Identity Studies  Vol. 5 |
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| Year of Publication: 2007 |
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| Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Wien, 2007. 252 pp. |
| ISBN 978-3-03911-333-0 pb. |
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| SFR 57.00 |
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US-$ 56.95 |
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| Book synopsis |
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| 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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| 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 Bouazza's main literary works. |
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| About the author(s)/editor(s) |
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| 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. |
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