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For many decades Germany has had a sizeable Turkish minority that lives in an uneasy co-existence with the Germans around them and as such has attracted considerable interest abroadwhere it tends to be seen as a measure of German tolerance. However, little is known about theactual situation of the Turks. This volume provides valuable information, presented in a mostoriginal manner in that it combines literary and cultural studies with social and political analysis.It focuses on the Turkish-born writer Emine Sevgi Özdamar, who writes in German and whosework, especially her highly acclaimed novel Das ist eine Karawanserei , is examined criticallyand situated in the context of German "migrant literature".
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Turkish Culture in German Society Today, David Horrocks, Eva Kolinsky
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- Released
- 1996
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- Title
- Turkish Culture in German Society Today
- Language
- English
- Authors
- David Horrocks, Eva Kolinsky
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Released
- 1996
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 236
- ISBN10
- 1571810471
- ISBN13
- 9781571810472
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Political Science & Politics, Culture and Society, Ethnography, Migration
- Description
- For many decades Germany has had a sizeable Turkish minority that lives in an uneasy co-existence with the Germans around them and as such has attracted considerable interest abroadwhere it tends to be seen as a measure of German tolerance. However, little is known about theactual situation of the Turks. This volume provides valuable information, presented in a mostoriginal manner in that it combines literary and cultural studies with social and political analysis.It focuses on the Turkish-born writer Emine Sevgi Özdamar, who writes in German and whosework, especially her highly acclaimed novel Das ist eine Karawanserei , is examined criticallyand situated in the context of German "migrant literature".