TY - BOOK ID - 1724582 TI - Homeless entertainment : on Hafid Bouazza's literary writing PY - 2007 VL - 5 SN - 9783039113330 303911333X PB - Oxford: Lang, DB - UniCat KW - Bouazza, Hafid KW - Identity (Psychology) in literature KW - Bouazza, Hafid, KW - Criticism and interpretation KW - Identity (Psychology) in literature. KW - Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature. KW - Magic realism (Literature). KW - East and West in literature. KW - Themes, motives. KW - Bouazza, Hafid. KW - Criticism and interpretation. KW - East and West in literature KW - Magic realism (Literature) KW - Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature KW - Stereotype (Psychology) in literature KW - Magical realism (Literature) KW - Fantasy fiction KW - Surrealism KW - Magic in literature KW - Marvelous, The, in literature KW - Realism in literature KW - Bouazza, Hafid, - 1970- - Criticism and interpretation KW - BOUAZZA (HAFID), 1970 KW - -Identité (psychologie) KW - ECRITS D'IMMIGRES MAROCAINS KW - IMMIGRES KW - MULTICULTURALISME DANS LA LITTERATURE KW - Dans la littérature KW - PAYS-BAS KW - Bouazza, Hafid, - 1970 KW - -East and West in literature. KW - -Identity (Psychology) in literature KW - Bouazza, Hafid, - 1970- UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:1724582 AB - 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. ER -