Overview

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.

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Author:   Ela Gezen ,  Priscilla Layne ,  Jonathan Skolnik
Publisher:   Berghahn Books
Imprint:   Berghahn Books
Volume:   23
ISBN:  

9781800734272

ISBN 10:   1800734271
Pages:   294
Publication Date:   08 April 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Introduction: Minority Discourses in Germany since 1990 Ela Gezen, Priscilla Layne, Jonathan Skolnik Chapter 1. Refugee-Migrant-Immigrant Esther Dischereit Chapter 2. Strange Stars in Constellation: OEzdamar, Lasker-Schuler, and the Archive Kristin Dickinson Chapter 3. Jewish Tales from a Muslim Turkish Pen: Feridun Zaimoglu and Moses in Oberammergau Joshua Shelly Chapter 4. Schwarz tragen: Blackness, Performance, and the Utopian in Contemporary German Theater Olivia Landry Chapter 5. German Comedians Combatting Racist Stereotypes and Discrimination: Oliver Polak, Dave Davis, and Serdar Somuncu Britta Kallin Chapter 6. Dialogue and Intersection in German Holocaust Memory Culture: Stumbling Blocks and the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe Nick Block Chapter 7. Young, Diverse, and Polyglot: Ilker Catak and Amelia Umuhire Track the New Urban Sound of Europe Berna Gueneli Chapter 8. Subjunctive Remembering; Contingent Resistance: Katja Petrowskaja's Vielleicht Esther Maya Caspari Chapter 9. Posthumanism and Object-Oriented Ontology in Sharon Dodua Otoo's Synchronicity (2014) and Herr Groettrup setzt sich hin (2016) Evan Torner Chapter 10. Future Narrative as Contested Ground: Emine Sevgi OEzdamar's On the Train and Michael Goetting's Contrapunctus Leslie Adelson Index

Reviews

“The strengths of the volume are based in the depth and breadth of the analyses…The chapters function as stand-alone analyses. At the same time, they share a commitment to reading, writing, and thinking across and beyond the borders of white Germanistik…Each contributor is carefully and differently attuned to the need to decolonize German studies from a spectrum of positions, with reference to a growing archive of creative, performative, and political interventions from German-speaking and polylin-gual Europe.” • German Studies Review

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

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