Turkish Culture in German Society [Paperback]

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 ?zdamar, who writes in German and whosework, especially her highly acclaimed novelDas ist eine Karawanserei, is examined criticallyand situated in the context of German migrant literature .

Preface and Acknowledgements
List of Tables
List of Figures

Introduction:Migrants or Citizens? Turks in Germany between Exclusion and Acceptance
David Horrocks and Eva Kolinsky

Chapter 1.From 'Pappkoffer' to Pluralism: on the Development of Migrant Writing in the Federal Republic of Germany
Sabine Fischer and Moray McGowan

Chapter 2.In Search of a Lost Past: A Reading of Emine Sevgi ?zdamar's novel 'Das Leben ist eine Karawanserei, hat zwei Türen, aus einer kam ich rein aus der anderen ging ich raus'.
David Horrocks

Chapter 3.Living and Writing in Germany: Emine Sevgi ?zdamar inconversation withDavid Horrocks and Eva Kolinsky

Chapter 4.'Black Eye and his Donkey.' A Multi-Cultural Experience Emine Sevgi ?zdamar
Introduction and commentary by David Horrocks and Frank Krause

Chapter 5.Non-German Minorities in Contemporary German Society
Eva Kolinsky

Chapter 6.The Turkish Minority in German Society
El?in Kürsat-Ahlers

Chapter 7.Turkish Everyday Culture in lÃ#