Hypersexuality and Headscarves: Race, Sex, and Citizenship in the New Germany

by Damani J. Partridge

Book Overview

In this compelling study, Damani J. Partridge explores citizenship and exclusion in Germany since the fall of the Berlin Wall. That event seemed to usher in a new era of universal freedom, but post-reunification transformations of German society have in fact produced noncitizens: non-white and "foreign" Germans who are simultaneously portrayed as part of the nation and excluded from full citizenship. Partridge considers the situation of Vietnamese...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253223695
• ISBN13: 9780253223692
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher