Postcolonial Memory in the Netherlands: Meaningful Voices, Meaningful Silences

by Gerlov van Engelenhoven

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 voice as a metaphor for empowerment and silence as voice's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9463726179
• ISBN13: 9789463726177
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"