| Novels of Turkish German Settlement: Cosmopolite Fictions Contributor(s): Cheesman, Tom (Author) |
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ISBN: 1571133747 ISBN-13: 9781571133748 Publisher: Camden House (NY) OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2007 Annotation: Germany has become home to some 2.5 million people of Turkish background since mass recruitments in the 1960s and 1970s to man the "economic miracle." An increasingly settled Turkish German population now asserts a permanent place in Germany: over a third were born there, and a third have German citizenship. At the same time, Turkish German writers have become integral to the German literary scene. They include bestselling novelists Renan Demirkan and Akif Pirinci; prestigious literary prize-winners Emine Sevgi zdamar and Feridun Zaimoglu; and the critically acclaimed Aras ren and Zafer Senocak. Tom Cheesman focuses on these and other writers' perspectives on cosmopolitan ideals and aspirations, ranging from glib affirmation to cynical transgression and melancholy nihilism. People of Turkish background are still not always recognized as equal participants in German life, but Turkish German writers' interventions defy marginalizing concepts such as "literature of migration" or "intercultural literature." What Cheesman calls their "literature of settlement" is paradigmatic for European cultures adapting to diversity and negotiating new identities. He shows German culture to have moved decisively beyond such "polite fictions" as the term "guest worker" or the slogan "not a country of immigration." Tom Cheesman is Senior Lecturer in German at Swansea University, Wales. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - German - History | Europe - Germany - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration |
| Dewey: 830.989 |
| LCCN: 2007020892 |
| Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 9.2" W x 6.1" (1.05 lbs) 242 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Germany has become home to some 2.5 million people of Turkish background since mass recruitments in the 1960s and 1970s to man the "economic miracle." An increasingly settled Turkish German population now asserts a permanent placein Germany: over a third were born there, and a third have German citizenship. At the same time, Turkish German writers have become integral to the German literary scene. They include bestselling novelists Renan Demirkan and AkifPirinçci; prestigious literary prize-winners Emine Sevgi Özdamar and Feridun Zaimoglu; and the critically acclaimed Aras Ören and Zafer Senocak. Tom Cheesman focuses on these and other writers' perspectives on cosmopolitan idealsand aspirations, ranging from glib affirmation to cynical transgression and melancholy nihilism. People of Turkish background are still not always recognized as equal participants in German life, but Turkish German writers' interventions defy marginalizing concepts such as "literature of migration" or "intercultural literature." What Cheesman calls their "literature of settlement" is paradigmatic for European cultures adapting to diversity and negotiatingnew identities. He shows German culture to have moved decisively beyond such "polite fictions" as the term "guest worker" or the slogan "not a country of immigration." Tom Cheesman is Senior Lecturer in German at Swansea University, Wales. |