Homeless Entertainment: On Ha?d Bouazza's Literary Writing / Edition 1

by Henriette Louwerse

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783039113330
Publisher:	Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Publication date:	12/17/2007
Series:	Cultural Identity Studies , #5
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

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.

Preface

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