The Xenophobe's Guide to the Dutch
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The Xenophobe's Guide to the Dutch by Rodney Bolt
It's all in your mindThe spirit of tolerance does constant battle with the ghost of Calvin for control of the Dutch psyche. Few Dutch people go to church anymore, but they don't need to. Inside every Hollander's head is a little pulpit containing a preacher with a wagging finger.Going DutchThis is the nation that once sold scrapers for getting the last remnants of the film of buttermilk from the inside of the bottle. The Dutch think with their pockets. Parsimony is not an embarrassment, but a virtue.Culture vulturesThe Dutch are cultural magpies. They keep a beady eye on other people's cultural trends, and are swift to snap up sparkling new fashions. This means that rather than producing an indigenous culture, they have become voracious consumers of everybody else'strue Europeans, whose cultural fads and fancies know no borders. The Netherlands acts as a giant cultural sponge.Double DutchFor the Dutch, the other side of the question is as important as the question itself. Dialogue is the lubricant of tolerance, and the essential ingredient of dialogue is Yes, but . . .
Bolt, Rodney: -
Rodney Bolt was born in South Africa. He studied at Rhodes University, where contact with Athol Fugard sparked his interest in theatre. Before leaving the country, he worked on anti-apartheid drama. His play Gandhi: Act Too won the 1980 Durban Critic Circles's Play of the Year award. For most of his adult life he has wandered in semi-exile through Europe, living in Greece, Britain, Germany and the Netherlands. In 1980, he won a scholarship to Cambridge and read English at Corpus Christi. He has run a pub theatre and is now a travel writer and novelist. He has twice won Travel Writer of the Year.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781906042288 |
| ISBN 10 | 1906042284 |
| Title | The Xenophobe's Guide to the Dutch |
| Author | Rodney Bolt |
| Series | Xenophobe's Guides |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oval Books |
| Year published | 2008-07-25 |
| Number of pages | 96 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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