Colonial Spectacles: The Netherlands and the Dutch East Indies at the World Exhibitions, 1880-1931

Colonial Spectacles: The Netherlands And the Dutch East Indies at the World Exhibitions, 1880-1931

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Colonial Spectacles: The Netherlands and the Dutch East Indies at the World Exhibitions, 1880-1931

Colonial Spectacles: The Netherlands And the Dutch East Indies at the World Exhibitions, 1880-1931

Written by Marieke Bloembergen
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Dutch colonial presentations at the world exhibitions in the period 1880-1931 served to legitimise the Dutch imperialist project and highlight the problem of Dutch identity and the Netherlands' place in the world. At these exhibitions, The Netherlands showed off its colonies by erecting models of schools, sugar-factories, bridges and railways; exhibits were meant to give proof of the good works of modern colonial administration and enterprise. Alongside these displays, there were exhibits illustrating the lifestyle and culture of the indigenous people, including not only displays of ethnographic objects, but also life-size temples and villages inhabited by authentic Javanese and Sumatrans brought to Europe specifically for these expositions. Their presence took the visitor into an "Other" world that provided an "immediacy" for visitors to the exhibition. While these colonial spectacles helped legitimise the Dutch imperialist project, they also provided lenses for understanding the colonial world, as it was constructed according to the prevailing evolutionist worldview at the time.

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Published November 30, 2006
ISBN 2292502
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Marieke Bloembergen is a writer and avid reader based in the Pacific Northwest. Before pursuing writing full-time, they spent over a decade working in education. When not working on their next book, Marieke Bloembergen can usually be found hiking with their dog or trying out new coffee shops in their neighborhood.

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