Forging Diasporic Citizenship: Narratives from German-Born Turkish Ausländer

By Gül Çaliskan

Book Overview

Offers a sophisticated understanding of how Turkish diasporic people experience citizenship in Germany.

Around the world, a new kind of citizenship is appearing, especially among diasporic people such as German-born Berliners of Turkish origin. Drawing on interviews conducted over fifteen years, Forging Diasporic Citizenship explores the dynamics of everyday life for these Ausl?nder (or "outsiders"), German-born citizens of Turkish origin. In this work of narrative research, G?l ?aliskan explores the tensions between the experience of displacement and the politics of accommodation as Ausl?nder make claims to citizenship, articulate the ways they are rooted, and seek to achieve recognition. Through examining the social encounters, life events, and everyday practices of these German-born Ausl?nder, Forging Diasporic Citizenship constructs a theoretically sophisticated, transnationally applicable hypothesis regarding the nature of modern citizenship and multiculturalism.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0774866128
• ISBN13: 9780774866125
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 9.0"