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No integration?! Kulturwissenschaftliche Beiträge zur Integrationsdebatte in Europa

Integration wurde in den letzten Jahren auch in Deutschland zum zentralen Schlagwort in der Migrationsdebatte. Während das Konzept einerseits positiv »Teilhabe« verspricht, fungiert es in der deutschen Migrationspolitik potentiell als Exklusionsmechanismus. Dieses Buch nimmt aus Perspektiven der Politik, Wissenschaft, Kunst … Continue reading

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The Impact of Audre Lorde’s Politics and Poetics on Afro-German Women Writers

In her essay, Jennifer Michaels traces the influence of Audre Lorde’s poetic achievements in the work of several Afro-German poets, exploring the texts of May Ayim in particular. Lorde felt that since there was no self-defined Afro-German community (she herself … Continue reading

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Multicultural misunderstandings: Impressions from a Canadian debate and a few lessons for Germany

In his article entitled “Multicultural Misunderstands: Impressions from a Canadian debate and a few lessons from Germany”, Lars von Törne addresses how much of the Western World has started to believe the misconception that multiculturalism is a failed concept and … Continue reading

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Documenting and Explaining the Persistence of Homeland Politics among Germany’s Turks

Since Turks are one of Europe’s largest predominantly Muslim immigrant communities, their political interests play an important role in the controversy confronting Western democratic societies. Western Europeans are concerned about whether and how immigrants introduce homeland conflicts into host societies. … Continue reading

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Troublesome convergences: a short comment from a continental perspective

This article compares the UK’s and Germany’s post 9/11 developments. In the situation with the UK the author claims the authorities have reneged on their promises of a multicultural society made to immigrants in the 1980s and 1990s. They justified … Continue reading

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Illegal Migration: What Can We Know and What Can We Explain?

This article analyzes types of illegal immigration, particularly smuggling networks. Though the article emphasizes German illegal immigration it remains highly methodological in its approach. Heckmann begins with two anecdotes of illegal migration into Germany. Their purpose is to distinguish immigrants … Continue reading

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Headscarves: A Comparison of Public Thought and Public Policy in Germany and the Netherlands.

This article takes a comparative approach to analyzing the structuring of the concept of citizen ship in two countries ( Germany and the Netherlands) and how this relates to their treatment of the Muslim hijab. The primary investigation deals with … Continue reading

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Speak German or Sweep the Schoolyard: A Social View on the Integration of Children in Germany”

Although Lucinda Martin’s work article serves as a voice for many immigrants living in Germany, I have to side with the German government on many of the points addressed in this article, especially the notion that “language is the key … Continue reading

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Turks in the New Germany

This article presents a new viewpoint on the lasting identity problem faced by the Turkish population living in Germany. As a third generation of Turkish Germans comes of age, the problems of identity, integration and acceptance into German society is … Continue reading

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At Home in the New Germany? Local Stories and Global Concerns in Yüksel Yavuz’s Aprilkinder and Kleine Freiheit

Kraenzle’s article begins with a discussion about the rise of Turkish-German cinema within the past decade and the common sentiment during the 1990s that it was the successor to the New German Cinema of the 1970s, due to the common … Continue reading

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Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Secondary and Postsecondary German Textbooks

This article by David Ilett, on the visual and informational content of diversity and ethnicity in German textbooks, is a very thorough and comprehensive analysis of the topic. Although relatively fundamental, the article does highlight the issues related to educating … Continue reading

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Second-Generation Turkish Immigrants in the United States and Germany: Dilemmas of Cultural Identity in Crossing Over: Comparing Recent Migration in the United States and Europe

Arguing that immigrants’ origin culture is not the main obstacle to integration, Zeynep Kiliç compares the experiences of second-generation Turkish immigrants in America and Germany. She observes high levels of integration in Turks living in New York, proving that Turkish … Continue reading

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Infectious Diseases before and after German Unification: Trends in Mortality and Morbidity

This article examines disease trends in Eastern and Western Germany after their reunification. The patterns of disease proved to be extremely complex, but deep analysis revealed some interesting nuggets of data. The article demonstrates the ways in which the differences … Continue reading

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Others-From-Within From Without; Afro-German Subject Formation and the Challenge of a Counter-Discourse

Michelle Wright argues firstly that the treatment of Afro-Germans is entirely unique to the treatment of black peoples in other Western countries, and secondly that the fledgling Afro-German community is difficult to define, owing to the vast range of class, … Continue reading

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The Second Generation in Germany: Between School and Labor Market

Susanne Worbs focuses on the present day structural integration of adolescent second-generation migrants to Germany in the Federal Republic. Worbs, in my opinion, objectively and correctly assesses the current situation of second-generation migrants, particularly Turks, living in Germany. Her findings … Continue reading

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