Film Consumers in the Country: The Culture and Business of Small-Town and Rural Cinemagoing in the Netherlands

Hamont is a small town located on the north-eastern edge of the Belgian province of Limburg, on the national border with the Netherlands. It is situated about 30 km south of Eindhoven and 15 km west of Weert in the Netherlands. The town has about 13,500 inhabitants. According to Belemans, Kruijsen & Van Keymeulen (1998), the dialect of Hamont belongs to the West Limburg dialects (subclassification: Dommellands). Limburg dialects occupy a unique position among the Belgian and Dutch dialects in that their prosodic system has a lexical tone distinction, which is traditionally referred to as SLEEPTOON ‘dragging tone’ and STOOTTOON ‘push tone’. In line with recent conventions, stoottoon is referred to as Accent 1 and transcribed as superscript 1; sleeptoon is referred to as Accent 2 and is transcribed as superscript 2 (cf. Schmidt 1986).

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Film Consumers in the Country: The Culture and Business of Small-Town and Rural Cinemagoing in the Netherlands

Cinema Beyond the City ◽

10.1057/978-1-84457-848-1_6 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 87-104 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Judith Thissen

Keyword(s):

The Netherlands ◽

Small Town

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The World of Aziza A.: Third Space in Identities

New Perspectives on Turkey ◽

10.1017/s0896634600006178 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 29 ◽

pp. 209-228 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Yeşim Burul

Keyword(s):

The Netherlands ◽

Small Town ◽

Third Space ◽

World Music ◽

Guest Workers ◽

Music Festival ◽

The World

Every summer Wantijpark in Dordrecht, a small town in the western Netherlands, hosts a World Music festival called “Rainbowpark.” The performers of the 2002 season included Bun Sani from Surinam/The Netherlands, Ghalia Benali & Timnaa from Tunisia/ Belgium, Bayuba Cante from Cuba and Los de Abajo from Mexico. But the biggest star of the festival-that is, whose name was highlighted with the largest fonts in the posters and flyers-was Aziza A., presented as an artist from Turkey. In fact, this multi-faceted artist, whose real name is Alev Yıldırım, was born in Berlin in 1971 and has lived ever since. Her parents had lived in Germany as guest workers for 31 years and then returned to Turkey in 1999, but Aziza had stayed on in Berlin, which she now calls her home. I met her during the “Karneval der Kulturen” in Berlin (the Carnival of Cultures, which took place a month before the Rainbow festival) where she performed on the night of the grand parade.

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Islamic Death Rituals in a Small Town Context in the Netherlands: Explorations of a Common Praxis for Professionals

OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying ◽

10.2190/om.65.1.a ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 65 (1) ◽

pp. 1-10 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Claudia Venhorst

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

The Netherlands ◽

Small Town ◽

Research Data ◽

Ritual Practice ◽

Social Dimensions ◽

Death Rituals ◽

Islamic Tradition ◽

The Social ◽

Religious Dimensions

Islamic tradition tends to present death rituals in a quite univocal way, as the actual ritual practice shows to be far more diverse and flexible. This study focuses on the particular ritual of the cleansing of the deceased as it is practiced by a variety of Muslims in a small town context in the Netherlands. The presented vignettes are drawn on qualitative research data from interviews and (participant) observations. They are presented to draw attention to the different contexts that shape the religious and ritual practice of a variety of Muslims in the Netherlands. To develop an eye for this common praxis, it is important not only to be aware of the religious dimensions but also of the social dimensions. By offering insights into the actual practices it aims to offer tangible leads to professionals for a more tailor-made care for Muslim patients and their relatives.

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