Cosmopolitical claims : Turkish-German literatures from Nadolny to Pamuk / B. Venkat Mani.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mani, B. Venkat.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

German literature--Turkish authors--History and criticism.

German literature.

Culture conflict in literature.

Intercultural communication in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (263 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Iowa City, IA : University of Iowa Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Cosmopolitical Claims is a profoundly original study of the works of Sten Nadonly, Emine Sevgi Özdamar, Feridun Zaimoglu, and 2006 Nobel prize in literature recipient Orhan Pamuk. Rather than using the proverbial hyphen in "Turkish-German" to indicate a culture caught between two nations, Venkat Mani is interested in how Turkish-German literature engages in a scrutiny of German and Turkish national identity.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Cosmopolitical Claims; 1. Thus Spake the Gastarbeiter; 2. Slouching Histories, Lurking Memories; 3. Authentic Hybrid? Feridun Zaimogblu's Abschaum; 4. Turkish-German Reattachments; 5. Minorities, Literatures, and Recursive Leaps of Faith; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-238) and index.

ISBN:

9781587297366

1587297361

OCLC:

607808060