Tijdschrift voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde - Volume 141, Issue 1, 2025

Abstract In the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the popular Dutch author of Iranian origin, Kader Abdolah, felt compelled to respond to the anti-Muslim discourse prevailing in the Dutch public debate and to publicly justify his position towards Islam. In doing so, he explicitly took up the role of a cultural intermediary between the West and Islamic culture. This article explores how he set off to accomplish this goal in his no Read More

Abstract This article explores how the infrastructure of Dutch-language literature – the material, social and organisational basis for the actions of actors in the literary field – could be studied through Actor-Network Theory (ANT). The term infrastructure has occasionally been used in field-theoretical contributions to Dutch Studies, but is usually used only to indicate the place of institutions in the literary field, and not to refer Read More