Familiar Grounds, Foreign Soil

This thesis aims to answer the following research question: Can gendered and colonial constructions be found in the dominant discourse and identity of Dutch expatriates in Indonesia during the Indonesian decolonization period between 1945 and 1949? This is done through a discourse analysis of three different autobiographies written by three different narrators about their (family) life as expatriates in Indonesia from 1945 onwards. It focuses on expatriate life in Indonesia at three different levels, namely on entering decolonizing Indonesia in general, family life in the public domain and family life in the private domain.