Amsterdam Diaries, Life Writing and Identity : Urban Lives.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hasselt, Laura.

Contributor:

Rensen, Marleen.

Vermeer, Leonieke.

Hoegen, Ernestine.

Series:

Cities and Cultures Series

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2025.

Summary:

This volume invites readers to rediscover Amsterdam through the intimate lens of its inhabitants. Amsterdam Diaries, Life Writing and Identity offers a rich and layered portrayal of the city through the self-narratives of 'ordinary' individuals from the eighteenth century to the present.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1: Introduction: Amsterdam in Diaries and Life Writing

Part I: Coming of Age

Chapter 2: Her Visual Diary: How Anne Frank's Picture Walls Evoke the War Lives of Other Women from Amsterdam

Chapter 3: Coming of Age in Amsterdam: From Els Eilers to Els Borst

Chapter 4: Surinamese Diaspora and Belonging in Amsterdam: Childhood Memories of Ruud Beeldsnijder

Part II: Belonging

Chapter 5: Jane Hoyake's Amsterdam Diaries: Life in a City under Siege

Chapter 6: Roaming Amsterdam in Search of Stability: Post-war Arrivals from Indonesia Represented in Diaries

Chapter 7: Art, Love, Freedom: The Amsterdam Diaries of Işık Tüzüner

Part III: Routes and Routines

Chapter 8: Fetching Dogs from Depositions : Examining Canine Agency in Early Modern Conflict Stories

Chapter 9: The Amsterdam Diaries of Netje Asser and Hanna da Costa-Belmonte

Chapter 10: Clearing the Deck: The Diaries of Skipper Adriaan Doorneveld

Part IV: Digital Lives

Chapter 11: Diaries, Amsterdam and the Post-Digital

Chapter 12: Mapping Urban Spaces through Personal Stories: Story Maps and Deep Maps of Amsterdam

Chapter 13: Mapping Lives: The Amsterdam Diaries Time Machine

Part V: Creative Section

Chapter 14: The Many Lives of an Amsterdam Bicycle

Chapter 15: Reflection: Life Writing and Creative Writing

Chapter 16: The Mega-Mosaics of Fabrice Hünd: Life Writing in Shards of Amsterdam

Chapter 17: Exploring Urban Lives of Amsterdam through Mezrab: Belonging and Community Building via Storytelling

Chapter 18: Amsterdam through a (Trans)national Gaze: A Conversation with Life Writing Author Alejandra Ortiz

Chapter 19: Archives and Other Stories of the Self or the Importance of Being Earnest.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-003-69073-4

1-04-083957-6

9781003690733

OCLC:

1546972449

Publisher Number:

CIPO000302441