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Hafid Bouazza is a highly influential and celebrated author in the Netherlands today. In the context of contemporary Dutch literature, Bouazza's Moroccan background still marks a divergence from the born-and-bred Dutch norm. Authors with a bi- or multicultural background are still often cast in the role of 'exotic outsider'. Bouazza both challenges and uses this position to the full. His writing demonstrates that the perceived us-them or self-other positions are questionable ideological constructs. He undermines the concept of a unified culture and the wholeness of the self. He explores and exploits stereotypical beliefs held on both sides of the East-West divide. The result is a magical realist setting that both puzzles and enchants. This book offers a reading of Bouazza's literary prose that responds to the interpretative opportunities offered by an author who skilfully and creatively explores his peculiar freedom in his Homeless Entertainment.

Bouazza, Hafid --- Identity (Psychology) in literature --- Bouazza, Hafid, --- Criticism and interpretation --- Identity (Psychology) in literature. --- Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature. --- Magic realism (Literature). --- East and West in literature. --- Themes, motives. --- Bouazza, Hafid. --- Criticism and interpretation. --- East and West in literature --- Magic realism (Literature) --- Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature --- Stereotype (Psychology) in literature --- Magical realism (Literature) --- Fantasy fiction --- Surrealism --- Magic in literature --- Marvelous, The, in literature --- Realism in literature --- Bouazza, Hafid, - 1970- - Criticism and interpretation --- BOUAZZA (HAFID), 1970 --- -Identité (psychologie) --- ECRITS D'IMMIGRES MAROCAINS --- IMMIGRES --- MULTICULTURALISME DANS LA LITTERATURE --- Dans la littérature --- PAYS-BAS --- Bouazza, Hafid, - 1970 --- -East and West in literature.