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Literary Performances of Post-Religious Memory in the Netherlands

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This book offers an in-depth study of iconic literary narratives and images of religious transformation and secularisation in the Netherlands during the 1960s and 1970s. Jesseka Batteau shows how G...
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  • 14 October 2021
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This book offers an in-depth study of iconic literary narratives and images of religious transformation and secularisation in the Netherlands during the 1960s and 1970s. Jesseka Batteau shows how Gerard Reve, Jan Wolkers and Maarten ’t Hart texts and performances can be understood as instances of religious and post-religious memory with a broad public impact. They contributed to a widely shared perspective on the Dutch religious past and a collective understanding of what secularisation consists of. This uniquely interdisciplinary approach combines insights from literary studies, memory studies, media studies and religious studies and traces the complex dynamics of the circulation of memory and meaning between literary texts, mass media and embodied performances within a post-religious society.
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Price: $175.00
Pages: 424
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Mobilizing Memories
Publication Date: 14 October 2021
ISBN: 9789004472259
Format: Hardcover
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“Batteau eindigt haar boek met een beschouwing over Lale Gül die zich verzet tegen haar islamistische opvoeding en komt zo ook weer terug bij Rushdie. Het boek geeft een mooi beeld van de naoorlogse morele veranderingen in de Nederlandse samenleving.”
- In Utrecht University, October 2021

Jesseka Maria Batteau, PhD (2014, Utrecht University), is an affiliated researcher at Utrecht University. Her interest is in the interrelation between literature, art, memory and social transformation.