Minority Discourses in Germany Since 1990

While German unification promised a new historical beginning, it also stirred discussions about contemporary Germany's Nazi past and ideas of citizenship and belonging in a changing Europe. Minority Discourses in Germany Since 1990 explores the intersections and divergences between Black German, Turkish German, and German Jewish experiences, with reflections on the evolving academic paradigms with which these are studied. Informed by comparative approaches, the volume investigates social and aesthetic interventions into contemporary German public and political discourse on memory, racism, citizenship, immigration, and history.

About the author

Ela Gezen is Associate Professor of German at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Priscilla Layne is Associate Professor of German and Adjunct Associate Professor of African and African American Diaspora Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Jonathan Skolnik is Associate Professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Summary

Opens the question of why ethnic minorities in Germany are often discussed in isolation. Whereas most studies examine Black Germans, Jews in Germany, or Turkish Germans on their own terms vis-à-vis the majority German society, this volume takes on unique and comparative perspectives on an increasingly complex German society.

Product details

• Assisted by: Ela Gezen (Editor), Layne Priscilla (Editor), Skolnik Jonathan (Editor), Jonathan Skolnik (Editor), Priscilla Layne (Editor)
• Authors: Ela Layne Gezen, Ela Layne Gezen Gezen
• Publisher: BERGHAHN BOOKS, INC
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 30.04.2022
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries
• EAN: 9781800734272
• ISBN: 978-1-80073-427-2
• Pages: 332
• Series: Spektrum: Publications of the > 23; Spektrum: Publications of the German Studies Association > 23
• Subjects: HISTORY / Europe / Germany, European History, Germany, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, Migration, immigration & emigration, Social discrimination & inequality, Migration, immigration and emigration, Social discrimination and social justice, Refugee and Migration Studies, History: 20th Century to Present; Refugee and Migration Studies