Course Details
Country:
Netherlands
Course Title:
Feeling Orange: Perspectives on Dutch Culture
Course Number:
FC0030
Course Description:
Dutch culture is marked by two interdependent themes: the color orange and a history of colonization. While the first, orange, is expressed in the (un)popularity of the Royal Family (with the epitome of the King’s Birthday Celebration), soccer, and mythical narrations of how the Netherlands as a small country was a refuge for artists, philosophers, and religious people. The second has much more negative expression that marks contemporary debates. The fierceness of debates on ‘Zwarte Piet’ (black Pete), the images of slaves on the Royal family’s Golden carriage, or museums’ attempts at decolonization are just a few examples of how the Dutch struggle with their past.
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
INTS 399
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