Smash the pillars : decoloniality and the imaginary of color in the Dutch Kingdom / edited by Melissa F. Weiner and Antonio Carmona Báez.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Weiner, Melissa F., editor.

Carmona Báez, Antonio, 1972- editor.

Isaac Norris Library Fund.

Series:

Decolonial options for the social sciences

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Decolonization.

Anti-racism.

Minorities.

History.

Race relations.

Netherlands--Race relations.

Netherlands.

Minorities--Netherlands--History.

Anti-racism--Netherlands.

Decolonization--Netherlands.

Netherlandish colonies.

Physical Description:

xxv, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2018]

Summary:

"Smash the Pillars builds on the efforts by scholars and activists to decolonize Dutch history and memory, as they resist the epistemological violence imposed by the state, its institutions, and dominant narratives. Contributions offer an unparalleled glimpse into decolonial activism in the Dutch kingdom and provide us with a new lens to view contemporary decolonial efforts. The book argues that to fully decolonize Dutch society, the current social organization in the Kingdom of the Netherlands relying on separate pillars for each religious and/or racial group, must be dismantled." -- Publisher's description.

Contents:

Untold histories and new waves of Black resistance in the Netherlands / Mitchell Esajas

From the hollow of the lion : a testimony of revolt at the University of Amsterdam / The University of Colour (Amandla Awethu, Tirza Balk, Inez Blanca van der Scheer, Emma van Meyeren, Alfrida Martis, and Nguyn Nam Chi)

Decoloniality and black heritage tours / Jennifer Tosch

Colonialism begets coloniality : a case study of Sint Eustatius, Caribbean Netherlands / Teresa E. Leslie

International anti-racism group vs. the Netherlands' Sesame Street, 21st century blackface, and public television / Gloria Holwerda-Williams

Reclaiming our voices : the anti-Black Pete movement from a black woman's perspective / Jessica de Abreu

On agency and belonging / Quinsy Gario

Hymn to the night, from fear to freedom / Teresa Maria Díaz Nerio

Layers of emancipation struggles : some reflections on the Dutch case / Kwame Nimako

Catching the Dutch double bind / Lianne Leonora

Acknowledging the non-ordinary dimensions of decoloniality : the case of the Kingdom of the Netherlands / Francio Guadeloupe

White innocence in the Netherlands / Gloria Wekker

White order, corporate capital, and control of mobility in the Netherlands / Egbert Alejandro Martina and Patricia Schor

"Activism" and (the afterlives of) dutch colonialism / Guno Jones

Decoloniality of memory and anti-black racism / Artwell Cain

Decolonizing the Islamic other : the changed conditions of critical thinking / Halleh Ghorashi

Smashing the pillars / Melissa F. Weiner and Antonio Carmona Báez.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-233) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Isaac Norris Library Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Smash the pillars

ISBN:

9781498554251

1498554253

OCLC:

1027807993