Marion Bloem reading, Iowa City, Iowa, November 23, 1993

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Title	Marion Bloem reading, Iowa City, Iowa, November 23, 1993
Creator	Bloem, Marion
Creator - Nationality	Dutch
Contributor	Paul, Dorothy Blaise, Clark
Date Original	1993-11-23
Description	Dorothy Paul, host of the reading, introduces Clark Blaise, director of the IWP, who then introduces the speaker Marion Bloem. Bloem discusses being an Indonesian in Dutch society and having to deal with racism and being viewed as an outsider. Bloem's parents moved from Indonesia to Holland because of the Muslim revolution that was taking place in Indonesia. Bloem reads an excerpt from one of her children's stories, but the title is not mentioned. In the story, Bloem's parents are discussing whether or not they should move from Indonesia to Holland and Bloem, inside her mother's womb, is fearful of moving to a new place and beats her, not yet fully developed, fists against the inside of her mother's stomach in protest. Questions are taking from the audience after first 25 minutes of recording. Bloem fears the growing discrimination that exists in Europe against people of color. Bloem says that she writes in order to help people understand what it feels like to be viewed as an outsider, in hopes that this will help change people's prejudice against outside cultures, help people understand each other. Brief interruption 30 minutes into recording while tape is being changed to side B. Bloem draws the session to a close by reading two more of her stories about racism in Dutch society and Indonesian culture. The first story's title is not given, but the second story is titled 'Master of the Rain.'
Keywords	Discrimination prejudice Indonesia Dutch society cultural differences
Topical Subject (LCTGM)	Authors Writing
Personal Name Subject	Bloem, Marion
Geographic Subject	United States -- Iowa -- Iowa City
Chronological Subject	1990-2000
Type (DCMIType)	Sound
Type (AAT)	Broadcasts Dramatic readings Interviews
Type (IMT)	mpeg
Duration	00:45:00
Language	English
Digital Collection	Virtual Writing University Archive
Contributing Institution	University of Iowa. International Writing Program
Subcollection	International Writing Program Collection
Rights Management	Educational use only, no other rights given. U.S. and international copyright laws may protect this digital object. Commercial use or distribution of the object is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder.
Contact Information	Contact the VWU Webmaster: http://www.writinguniversity.org/index.php/main/info/25/
Digitization Specifications	Originally recorded on audio cassette and converted to wav and mp3 files. Master digital recording available in .wav format.
Date Digital	2005-03-01
File Name	AC-79.mp3

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