HOMELESS ENTERTAINMENT by Henriette Louwerse ( 9783039113330 )

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Title:

HOMELESS ENTERTAINMENT
ON HAFID BOUAZZA'S LITERARY WRITING

By:

Henriette Louwerse

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

303911333X

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9783039113330

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Publisher:

VERLAG PETER LANG

Pub. date:

1 December, 2007

Series:

Cultural Identity Studies 5

Pages:

252

Synopsis:

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.

Publication:

Switzerland

Imprint:

Verlag Peter Lang

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