Authors: Antje Harnisch (Editor), Anne Marie Stokes (Editor), Friedemann Weidauer (Editor), Anne Marie Stokes (Editor), Friedemann Weidauer
ISBN-13: 9781859731277, ISBN-10: 1859731279
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Berg Publishers
Date Published: January 1999
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Antje Harnisch is a Assistant Professor of German,at The College of Wooster.
Anne-Marie Stokes is Previously Visiting Assitant Professor of German, Union College, now at the University of Glasgow.
Friedemann Weidauer is on the faculty of the University of Connecticut.
Since German unification, there have been many reports about xenophobia in Germany and the government has attempted to stem the new wave of racism. In contrast, the voices of the victims of racism -- refugees, asylum seekers, immigrants -- are seldom heard.
This first anthology of essays by significant writers from minority groups in Germany -- Turks, Afro-Germans, German Jews, Eastern Europeans and others -- sheds new light on the diverse experiences of minority groups living in Germany today. It also introduces to English-speaking audiences innovative literary talents whose contribution to German culture has not yet received the attention it deserves.
Students of contemporary German culture who wish to increase their understanding of the changing nature of German society will find this book invaluable. It will also be of interest to anyone following the rise of xenophobia in Germany, its possible causes, and the changing politics of immigration.
Acknowledgments | ||
Pt. I | Introduction | 1 |
1 | Germany, not a Country of Immigration? | 3 |
2 | Germany as a Multicultural Society: Legal Challenges, Ideological Shifts and Socioeconomic Realities | 9 |
3 | Minority Literature and its Role in a Multicultural Society | 16 |
Pt. II | German Jews: Living in a Double Diaspora | 23 |
4 | Playing Ass | 31 |
5 | Zionism | 35 |
6 | The Underling | 43 |
7 | Why I Am Leaving This Country | 47 |
8 | Heimat? No, Thanks! | 57 |
Pt. III | Afro-Germans: Black and German - a Paradox? | 75 |
9 | An 'Occupation Baby' in Postwar Germany | 80 |
10 | Caught among Germans | 89 |
11 | The Year 1990. Homeland and Unity from an Afro-German Perspective | 105 |
12 | East German Black | 120 |
Pt. IV | Ethnic Germans from Eastern Europe: Strangers in Their Own Home | 123 |
13 | The Identity of a Minority is Reflected in its Language | 128 |
14 | The Apparent Patience of the Line | 135 |
15 | Multicultural | 141 |
16 | The Funeral Speech | 145 |
17 | And Still Our Heart Is Frightened | 149 |
18 | Does That Rat Poison Taste Good? | 163 |
Pt. V | Guest Workers: Permanent Guests or Temporary Residents? | 171 |
19 | Dead Soul Costs 200 Marks | 175 |
20 | The Flying Tree | 187 |
21 | The Last Words of the Migrant Rat | 194 |
22 | After Yesterday | 198 |
23 | Integration, a Thought Consisting of Seven Theses | 200 |
24 | The Cafe Tales of Abu al Abed | 207 |
25 | Margarita's Diary | 218 |
Pt. VI | Turks in Germany: From German Turks to Turkish-Germans | 219 |
26 | Karagoz in Alamania/Blackeye in Germany | 224 |
27 | Terrible Times under Dursun | 234 |
28 | My Two Faces | 238 |
29 | Women are Property and Honour | 241 |
30 | Putting Obstructions in Young Turks' Way | 243 |
31 | You Will Never Be Able to Learn This Language | 245 |
32 | I Thought I Was in Hell | 247 |
33 | I Played a Role | 249 |
34 | Mother Tongue | 252 |
35 | Germany - a Heimat for Turks? | 256 |
36 | Not an Oriental (Fairy) Tale | 264 |
37 | Zarathustra's Wounded Children | 272 |
Selected Bibliography | 279 |