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Emmeline Besamusca

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    Discovering the dutch : on culture and society of the Netherlands
    • What are the most salient and sparking facts about the Netherlands? This updated edition of Discovering the Dutch tackles the heart of the question of Dutch identity through a number of essential themes that span the culture, history and society of the Netherlands. Running the gamut from the Randstad to the Dutch Golden Age, from William of Orange to Anne Frank, this volume uses a series of vignettes written by academic experts in their fields to address historical and contemporary topics such as immigration, tolerance, and the struggle against water, as well as issues of culture - painting, literature, architecture, and design among them. All chapters are written by academic experts in their fields who have extensive experience in explaining the many features of 'Dutchness' to a foreign audience. Each chapter comes to life in vignettes that illustrate characteristic historical figures or essential aspects in Dutch culture and society from William of Orange and Anne Frank to Dutch cheese and the inevitable coffeeshop.

      Discovering the dutch : on culture and society of the Netherlands
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      • 293 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      Dieser Band erscheint anlässlich des 20-jährigen Bestehens der Abteilung für Nederlandistik an der Universität Wien. Es geht hier sowohl um das Aufsuchen von Grenzen (als Berührungspunkten und Kontaktzonen) und um Grenzüberschreitungen, als auch um Arten des ‚Querdenkens‘ in Form von neuen Ansätzen, neuen Methoden und einer neuen Sicht auf ‚alte‘ und ‚neue‘ Probleme. Die Beiträge widmen sich derartigen Überschreitungen von Grenzen zwischen Ländern, Sprachen, Genres, Medien und Disziplinen. Dabei suchen die Beiträger nach neuen Methoden, betrachten ihr Forschungsthema aus anderer Perspektive oder integrieren Ansätze aus anderen Disziplinen.

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