Chapter Spazzacamini en Savoyaards
This article engages in genealogical inquiry into Zwarte Piet (Black Pete), to gain deeper insight into the multiple semantic layers of this cultural icon. I argue that the ‘roetpiet’ (soot Pete) or chimney sweep is rooted in at least as solid an iconological tradition as that of the Moorish child s...
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| description | This article engages in genealogical inquiry into Zwarte Piet (Black Pete), to gain deeper insight into the multiple semantic layers of this cultural icon. I argue that the ‘roetpiet’ (soot Pete) or chimney sweep is rooted in at least as solid an iconological tradition as that of the Moorish child slave. I infer some suggestions for non-offensive Sinterklaas celebrations from this historical excursion. While Zwarte Piet in his Moorish guise is indeed a flawed and racist trace of colonial slavery, his chimney sweep connotations may actually be of value to the cultural remembrance of the by now largely forgotten history of child labour that was so crucial to the early industrialization in Europe, and often still is to economies in the Global South. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1216302025-01-18T13:54:17Z Chapter Spazzacamini en Savoyaards Wesseling, Lies Zwarte Piet (Black Pete) racism child labour Savoyards This article engages in genealogical inquiry into Zwarte Piet (Black Pete), to gain deeper insight into the multiple semantic layers of this cultural icon. I argue that the ‘roetpiet’ (soot Pete) or chimney sweep is rooted in at least as solid an iconological tradition as that of the Moorish child slave. I infer some suggestions for non-offensive Sinterklaas celebrations from this historical excursion. While Zwarte Piet in his Moorish guise is indeed a flawed and racist trace of colonial slavery, his chimney sweep connotations may actually be of value to the cultural remembrance of the by now largely forgotten history of child labour that was so crucial to the early industrialization in Europe, and often still is to economies in the Global South. 2023-11-16T12:11:11Z 2023-11-16T12:11:11Z 2023-10-12T13:13:57Z 2023 chapter ONIX_20231012_9789048560110_9 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/76683 9789048560110 9789048560127 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/121630 dut open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/76683/1/10_5117_9789048560110_wesseling.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/76683/1/10_5117_9789048560110_wesseling.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/76683/1/10_5117_9789048560110_wesseling.pdf Amsterdam University Press 10.5117/9789048560110_wesseling 10.5117/9789048560110_wesseling de2ecbe7-1037-4e96-8c3a-5a842d921e04 Transities in kunst, cultuur en politiek = Transitions in Art, Culture, and Politics b586072e-2e5d-469f-8332-217c0beb5b08 4d864437-7722-4c66-b80f-140a98d4bca9 9789048560110 9789048560127 14 Amsterdam [...] [...] open access |
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