Struggling for recognition : the Alevi Movement in Germany and in transnational space / Martin Sokefeld.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sökefeld, Martin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nosairians--Germany.

Nosairians.

Turks--Germany.

Turks.

Group identity--Germany.

Group identity.

Immigrants--Germany.

Immigrants.

Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.

Emigration and immigration.

Germany--Emigration and immigration.

Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As a religious and cultural minority in Turkey, the Alevis have suffered a long history of persecution and discrimination. In the late 1980s they started a movement for the recognition of Alevi identity in both Germany and Turkey. Today, they constitute a significant segment of Germany's Turkish immigrant population. In a departure from the current debate on identity and diaspora, Sökefeld offers a rich account of the emergence and institutionalization of the Alevi movement in Germany, giving particular attention to its politics of recognition within Germany and in a transnational context. Th

Contents:

Title page-Struggling for recognition; Contents; Illustrations; Pronunciation of Special Turkish Letters; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Ch 1-Identity and recognition; Ch 2-Going public; Ch 3-Organizing alevis; Ch 4-Crosscurrents of identification; Ch 5-The politics of memory; Ch 6-Ritual and community; Ch 7-Recognition and the politics of migration in Germany; Ch 8-Transnational connections and the claims of the nation; Conclusion; Appendix 1; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [266]-283) and index.

ISBN:

9786612626661

9781282626669

1282626663

9780857450142

085745014X

OCLC:

645101976