Kaleidoscopic Visions

The Black, Migrant, and Refugee Women’s Movement in The Netherlands

9789048563951

294 pages

Amsterdam University Press

Hardback $154.00

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Overview

First published in March 2001, this work was the first and only book of its kind in the Dutch intellectual landscape, and it rapidly became a classic for multigenerational audiences with an interest in intersectional theory and praxis. By zooming in on the issues that Black, migrant, and refugee (BMR) women placed on the feminist and multicultural agenda of the late twentieth century, the writers in this volume highlight the exclusionary practices BMR women encountered within Dutch institutions (the police, education, and the arts) based on their gender, race, class, and sexuality. Kaleidoscopic Visions also explores the world of BMR women’s organizations and processes of identity formation.

This new edition makes this Dutch feminist classic available in English for the first time. It includes an updated reflection on the contemporary relevance of intersectionality in light of important developments since 2001, such as the rise of Islamophobia and the persistence of neoliberalism.

Author Bio

Nancy Jouwe is a cultural historian and freelance researcher, writer and curator. Her interests lie in the past and present of colonial history and slavery from an intersectional perspective. She currently is an external PhD student at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and a crown member of the Council for Culture. Maayke Botman holds an MA in American Studies from Utrecht University with a focus on African American Culture. She is programme advisor at the Oranje Fonds in the field of Social Justice for the Netherlands and the Caribbean part of the Kingdom. She is also a board member of the Bijlmer Parktheater and the Rutu Foundation for indigenous and multilingual education. Gloria Wekker is a socio-cultural anthropologist (PhD UCLA, 1992), and professor emerita in gender studies at Utrecht University. Besides her academic work, including The Politics of Passion (2006) and White Innocence (2017), she also writes poetry and prose. She is the 2025 recipient of a Distinguished Achievement Award of the Association of Queer Anthropology, a section of American Anthropological Association.