2021
DOI: 10.1215/07990537-8912808
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Decolonization, Otherness, and the Neglect of the Dutch Caribbean in Caribbean Studies

Abstract: This essay traces the roots of marginalization of the Dutch Caribbean in Caribbean studies, approaching these roots as an integral part of a shared Caribbean intellectual history. In the era of twentieth-century Caribbean anticolonialism, nationalism, and decolonization, local intellectuals emerged in the public arena throughout the Caribbean region. The author studies the intellectual interplays and incubations taking place, asking if and how Dutch Caribbean thinkers and writers were involved. Her analysis fi… Show more

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“…Examples are the 14 overseas territories of the United Kingdom (e.g., Anguilla, Bermuda, St Helena) and the five territories of the United States of America (e.g., American Samoa, Puerto Rico). Also, the Kingdom of the Netherlands – which often remains unnoticed due to geopolitical marginalisation and linguistic barriers (Groenewoud, 2021) – reveals a complex set of relationships between its Caribbean and European parts, affecting climate action. Its different parts are spread across 8000 kilometres, with the islands of Curacao, St Maarten, Aruba, Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba in the Caribbean region and the European Netherlands in Europe.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Examples are the 14 overseas territories of the United Kingdom (e.g., Anguilla, Bermuda, St Helena) and the five territories of the United States of America (e.g., American Samoa, Puerto Rico). Also, the Kingdom of the Netherlands – which often remains unnoticed due to geopolitical marginalisation and linguistic barriers (Groenewoud, 2021) – reveals a complex set of relationships between its Caribbean and European parts, affecting climate action. Its different parts are spread across 8000 kilometres, with the islands of Curacao, St Maarten, Aruba, Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba in the Caribbean region and the European Netherlands in Europe.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Discontent in the Dutch Caribbean, 1825-1954 Dutch historiography, with a few exceptions, has overwhelmingly concentrated on studies of Suriname and, to a lesser extent, Curaçao. The Dutch Leeward islands are generally only mentioned in passing in most volumes (Groenewoud, 2021;Oostindie & Hoefte, 1999). This relative absence of the Dutch Leeward islands is not hugely surprising, considering that for the Dutch colonial empire in the Atlantic, Suriname and Curaçao were the "darlings of empire" (Emmer, 2003, p. 22).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%