This chapter discusses the revisions and expansions that Louise Erdrich made to her highly succes... more This chapter discusses the revisions and expansions that Louise Erdrich made to her highly successful debut novel Love Medicine (1984) against the back-ground of the development of Native American writing; the allegiance to the oral tradition as a vehicle for cultural preservation; and the motivations that the author herself has provided for the revisions of both Love Medicine and The Antelope Wife, and that are part of her overall writing practice.
Edward P. Jones is the author of two collections of short stories, Lost in the City (1992) and Al... more Edward P. Jones is the author of two collections of short stories, Lost in the City (1992) and All Hagar's Children (2006) and of the novel The Known World (2003). This chapter focuses on the non-secretive phenomena of passing as presented in the novel The Known World. The writer presents both the consequences of how the color line is and was constructed in American society as well as its relentless power and consequences in people's lives. Free blacks are seen to pass as white not in appearance, but in effect. This perception of the free blacks results in what Katharine Bassard has referred to as "a metaphoric passing. " A historical novel of non-secretive passing The Known World ultimately works towards a denunciation of the literally dehumanizing practice of owning human beings and denying them their inalienable right to exist and shape their identities in freedom.
This paper analyzed patterns of kinship and the role that these practices are made to play in The... more This paper analyzed patterns of kinship and the role that these practices are made to play in The Orenda, and, by extension, to processes of reconciliation in Canada against the background of the 2014 edition of "Canada Reads"
Retrospection and Revision in Modern and Contemporary Art, Literature and Music, 2024
This chapter discusses the revisions and expansions that Louise Erdrich made to her highly succes... more This chapter discusses the revisions and expansions that Louise Erdrich made to her highly successful debut novel Love Medicine (1984) against the back-ground of the development of Native American writing; the allegiance to the oral tradition as a vehicle for cultural preservation; and the motivations that the author herself has provided for the revisions of both Love Medicine and The Antelope Wife, and that are part of her overall writing practice.
I curated an exhibition at the Freedom Museum in Groesbeek, the Netherlands, on a Mohawk Operatio... more I curated an exhibition at the Freedom Museum in Groesbeek, the Netherlands, on a Mohawk Operation Market Garden paratrooper and the way his life intersected with that of a boy from Nijmegen. They met in 1944, and became friends for life.
Some Dutch-language coverage in local, regional and national media:
MAGAZINE OF SMITHSONIAN'S NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN, 2018
This article provides an analysis on First Nations artist Carl Beam's work on Anne Frank in the c... more This article provides an analysis on First Nations artist Carl Beam's work on Anne Frank in the context of memory and comparative genocide studies.
This book chapter deals with the work of Dutch pen artist Jo Spier. Specifically, it deals with h... more This book chapter deals with the work of Dutch pen artist Jo Spier. Specifically, it deals with his focus on Dutchness in his promotional material for the Marshall Plan. This context is broadened by other examples from the realm of visual culture (for instance film maker Herman van der Horst) that likewise emphasize Dutch identity.
The calculated, meticulously planned and precisely executed attacks on the Twin Towers of the Wor... more The calculated, meticulously planned and precisely executed attacks on the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center were horrific. Creating vast damage and deadly destruction through a heretofore unimaginable application of rationality, technology, and science, the attacks constituted a terrifying display of hubris, power, and control. The fact that the pilots had received their facilitatory training on American soil and had used American planes as their chosen weapons of mass destruction only exacerbated Americans' feeling of profound humiliation. The shared feelings of deep vulnerability, rage, and grief which the events aroused could not help but unite the people affected by this monumental act of violence. Understandably, the terrorist act was immediately identified as an attack on the nation as a whole. "America is under attack," Andrew Card, then White House Chief of Staff, famously whispered in President Bush's ear after the second tower of the World Trade Center had been hit. The phrase was immediately picked up and used by CNN as their "breaking news" headline. 1 The constant replaying of the attacks on television, to the accompaniment of the ominous headline, helped transform them into a highly symbolic public performance in which some 3,000 Americans had been cruelly forced to participate through their deaths. As a result, it was possible for every American to think of him-or herself as a potential victim, as well as a survivor. One of the immediate ways in which this sense of American unity was expressed, in addition to acts of symbolic patriotism such as flag-waving and the manufacture of billboards, T-shirts, bumper stickers, and other items bearing the slogan "United We Stand," was the spontaneous production of an unprecedented number of poems. These were left behind on public buildings, in shop windows, and at bus stops across the boroughs of New York City and on the Internet, which, in the words of Karen Alkalay-Gut, "became an extension of Ground Zero." 2 In her article "The Poetry of September 11: The Testimonial Imperative," Alkalay-Gut notes how "almost every literary journal on the Web called for submissions to special issues devoted to September 11," and did so in a "spirit of democratic inclusion." The resulting body of 9/11 poetry which appeared suggested, in Alkalay-Gut's words, that "everyone and anyone [was] equally 'privi
This early article of mine on Coates's work zooms in on the impact of Dada on his city fiction, ... more This early article of mine on Coates's work zooms in on the impact of Dada on his city fiction, in particular The Eater of Darkness and Yesterday's Burdens.
This is an open access chapter distributed under the terms of the prevailing CC-BY-NC License at ... more This is an open access chapter distributed under the terms of the prevailing CC-BY-NC License at the time of publication. Introduction: Politics and Cultures of Liberation L'homme enfin n'est pas entièrement coupable, il n'a pas commencé l'histoire; ni tout à fait innocent puisqu'il la continue. 1
Following Strangers: The Life and Literary Career of Robert Myron Coates, 2011
Grounded in much archival research, this biography details the life and literary career of this l... more Grounded in much archival research, this biography details the life and literary career of this little-known avantgardist and modernist American writer. He is the author of The Eater of Darkness (1926), which was hailed as the first Dada novel in English, as well as other stylistically innovative works such as Yesterday's Burdens (1933), The Bitter Season (1946) and Wisteria Cottage (1948).
Politics and Cultures of Liberation: Media, Memory, and Projections of Democracy, 2018
Politics and Cultures of Liberation: Media, Memory, and Projections of Democracy focuses on mappi... more Politics and Cultures of Liberation: Media, Memory, and Projections of Democracy focuses on mapping, analyzing, and evaluating memories, rituals, and artistic responses to the theme of “liberation.” How is the national framed within a dynamic system of intercultural contact zones highlighting often competing agendas of remembrance? How does the production, (re)mediation, and framing of narratives within different social, territorial, and political environments determine the cultural memory of liberation? The articles compiled in this volume seek to provide new interdisciplinary and intercultural perspectives on the politics and cultures of liberation by examining commemorative practices, artistic responses, and audio-visual media that lend themselves for transnational exploration. They offer a wide range of diverse intercultural perspectives on media, memory, liberation, (self)Americanization, and conceptualizations of democracy from the war years, through the Cold War era to the 21st century.
This chapter discusses the revisions and expansions that Louise Erdrich made to her highly succes... more This chapter discusses the revisions and expansions that Louise Erdrich made to her highly successful debut novel Love Medicine (1984) against the back-ground of the development of Native American writing; the allegiance to the oral tradition as a vehicle for cultural preservation; and the motivations that the author herself has provided for the revisions of both Love Medicine and The Antelope Wife, and that are part of her overall writing practice.
Edward P. Jones is the author of two collections of short stories, Lost in the City (1992) and Al... more Edward P. Jones is the author of two collections of short stories, Lost in the City (1992) and All Hagar's Children (2006) and of the novel The Known World (2003). This chapter focuses on the non-secretive phenomena of passing as presented in the novel The Known World. The writer presents both the consequences of how the color line is and was constructed in American society as well as its relentless power and consequences in people's lives. Free blacks are seen to pass as white not in appearance, but in effect. This perception of the free blacks results in what Katharine Bassard has referred to as "a metaphoric passing. " A historical novel of non-secretive passing The Known World ultimately works towards a denunciation of the literally dehumanizing practice of owning human beings and denying them their inalienable right to exist and shape their identities in freedom.
This paper analyzed patterns of kinship and the role that these practices are made to play in The... more This paper analyzed patterns of kinship and the role that these practices are made to play in The Orenda, and, by extension, to processes of reconciliation in Canada against the background of the 2014 edition of "Canada Reads"
Retrospection and Revision in Modern and Contemporary Art, Literature and Music, 2024
This chapter discusses the revisions and expansions that Louise Erdrich made to her highly succes... more This chapter discusses the revisions and expansions that Louise Erdrich made to her highly successful debut novel Love Medicine (1984) against the back-ground of the development of Native American writing; the allegiance to the oral tradition as a vehicle for cultural preservation; and the motivations that the author herself has provided for the revisions of both Love Medicine and The Antelope Wife, and that are part of her overall writing practice.
I curated an exhibition at the Freedom Museum in Groesbeek, the Netherlands, on a Mohawk Operatio... more I curated an exhibition at the Freedom Museum in Groesbeek, the Netherlands, on a Mohawk Operation Market Garden paratrooper and the way his life intersected with that of a boy from Nijmegen. They met in 1944, and became friends for life.
Some Dutch-language coverage in local, regional and national media:
MAGAZINE OF SMITHSONIAN'S NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN, 2018
This article provides an analysis on First Nations artist Carl Beam's work on Anne Frank in the c... more This article provides an analysis on First Nations artist Carl Beam's work on Anne Frank in the context of memory and comparative genocide studies.
This book chapter deals with the work of Dutch pen artist Jo Spier. Specifically, it deals with h... more This book chapter deals with the work of Dutch pen artist Jo Spier. Specifically, it deals with his focus on Dutchness in his promotional material for the Marshall Plan. This context is broadened by other examples from the realm of visual culture (for instance film maker Herman van der Horst) that likewise emphasize Dutch identity.
The calculated, meticulously planned and precisely executed attacks on the Twin Towers of the Wor... more The calculated, meticulously planned and precisely executed attacks on the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center were horrific. Creating vast damage and deadly destruction through a heretofore unimaginable application of rationality, technology, and science, the attacks constituted a terrifying display of hubris, power, and control. The fact that the pilots had received their facilitatory training on American soil and had used American planes as their chosen weapons of mass destruction only exacerbated Americans' feeling of profound humiliation. The shared feelings of deep vulnerability, rage, and grief which the events aroused could not help but unite the people affected by this monumental act of violence. Understandably, the terrorist act was immediately identified as an attack on the nation as a whole. "America is under attack," Andrew Card, then White House Chief of Staff, famously whispered in President Bush's ear after the second tower of the World Trade Center had been hit. The phrase was immediately picked up and used by CNN as their "breaking news" headline. 1 The constant replaying of the attacks on television, to the accompaniment of the ominous headline, helped transform them into a highly symbolic public performance in which some 3,000 Americans had been cruelly forced to participate through their deaths. As a result, it was possible for every American to think of him-or herself as a potential victim, as well as a survivor. One of the immediate ways in which this sense of American unity was expressed, in addition to acts of symbolic patriotism such as flag-waving and the manufacture of billboards, T-shirts, bumper stickers, and other items bearing the slogan "United We Stand," was the spontaneous production of an unprecedented number of poems. These were left behind on public buildings, in shop windows, and at bus stops across the boroughs of New York City and on the Internet, which, in the words of Karen Alkalay-Gut, "became an extension of Ground Zero." 2 In her article "The Poetry of September 11: The Testimonial Imperative," Alkalay-Gut notes how "almost every literary journal on the Web called for submissions to special issues devoted to September 11," and did so in a "spirit of democratic inclusion." The resulting body of 9/11 poetry which appeared suggested, in Alkalay-Gut's words, that "everyone and anyone [was] equally 'privi
This early article of mine on Coates's work zooms in on the impact of Dada on his city fiction, ... more This early article of mine on Coates's work zooms in on the impact of Dada on his city fiction, in particular The Eater of Darkness and Yesterday's Burdens.
This is an open access chapter distributed under the terms of the prevailing CC-BY-NC License at ... more This is an open access chapter distributed under the terms of the prevailing CC-BY-NC License at the time of publication. Introduction: Politics and Cultures of Liberation L'homme enfin n'est pas entièrement coupable, il n'a pas commencé l'histoire; ni tout à fait innocent puisqu'il la continue. 1
Following Strangers: The Life and Literary Career of Robert Myron Coates, 2011
Grounded in much archival research, this biography details the life and literary career of this l... more Grounded in much archival research, this biography details the life and literary career of this little-known avantgardist and modernist American writer. He is the author of The Eater of Darkness (1926), which was hailed as the first Dada novel in English, as well as other stylistically innovative works such as Yesterday's Burdens (1933), The Bitter Season (1946) and Wisteria Cottage (1948).
Politics and Cultures of Liberation: Media, Memory, and Projections of Democracy, 2018
Politics and Cultures of Liberation: Media, Memory, and Projections of Democracy focuses on mappi... more Politics and Cultures of Liberation: Media, Memory, and Projections of Democracy focuses on mapping, analyzing, and evaluating memories, rituals, and artistic responses to the theme of “liberation.” How is the national framed within a dynamic system of intercultural contact zones highlighting often competing agendas of remembrance? How does the production, (re)mediation, and framing of narratives within different social, territorial, and political environments determine the cultural memory of liberation? The articles compiled in this volume seek to provide new interdisciplinary and intercultural perspectives on the politics and cultures of liberation by examining commemorative practices, artistic responses, and audio-visual media that lend themselves for transnational exploration. They offer a wide range of diverse intercultural perspectives on media, memory, liberation, (self)Americanization, and conceptualizations of democracy from the war years, through the Cold War era to the 21st century.
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