| ID | 164301 |
| Title Proper | Depoliticising literature, politicising diversity: ethno-racial boundaries in Dutch literary professionals’ aesthetic repertoires |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Koren, Timo |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Although still a neglected area, over the years a growing body of sociological research on the position of ethno-racial minorities in Western artistic fields has emerged. With this article we aim to contribute to this research area by focusing on ethno-racial diversity in the Dutch literary field. Through in-depth interviews, we analyse how gatekeepers mobilise specific cultural repertoires and by doing so draw ethno-racial boundaries when discussing acquisition, assessing quality and positioning themselves in the literary field. We argue that literary publishers and other professionals (selectively) employ an ‘old school’ modernist repertoire that especially values the formal aspects of literary products, by which non-white writers and publishers concerned with diversity are often positioned in an identity politics framework. Their work is said to take in a less prestigious ‘political’/’subjective’ position rather than a ‘literary’/‘universal’ one. As such, this paper informs on how gatekeepers’ practices shape the position of non-white authors in the Dutch literary field. |
| `In' analytical Note | Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power Vol. 26, No.2; April 2019: p.184-202 |
| Journal Source | Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power 2019-04 26, 2 |
| Key Words | Literature ; Identity Politics ; Diversity ; Ethno-Racial Boundaries ; Cultural Repertoires |