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Marriage in Turkish German Popular Culture: States of Matrimony in the New Millennium
Heather Merle Benbow
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During the first decade of this millennium Germany's largest ethnic minority-Turkish Germans-began to enjoy a new cultural prominence in German literature, film, television and theater. While controversies around forced marriage and honor killings have driven popular interest in the situation of Turkish-German women, popular culture has played a key role in diversifying portrayals of women and men of Turkish heritage. This book documents the significance of marriage in 21st-century Turkish-German culture, unpacking its implications not only for the cultural portrayals of those of Turkish background, but also for understandings of German identity. It sheds light on the interactions ... Read more
During the first decade of this millennium Germany's largest ethnic minority-Turkish Germans-began to enjoy a new cultural prominence in German literature, film, television and theater. While controversies around forced marriage and honor killings have driven popular interest in the situation of Turkish-German women, popular culture has played a key role in diversifying portrayals of women and men of Turkish heritage. This book documents the significance of marriage in 21st-century Turkish-German culture, unpacking its implications not only for the cultural portrayals of those of Turkish background, but also for understandings of German identity. It sheds light on the interactions ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Lexington Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
182
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9781498522625
SKU
V9781498522625
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About Heather Merle Benbow
Heather Merle Benbow is senior lecturer in German Studies at the University of Melbourne.
Reviews for Marriage in Turkish German Popular Culture: States of Matrimony in the New Millennium
A clearly structured, cleverly balanced, carefully documented study. It is an important and very contemporary contribution to the understanding of the age of migration, transnationalization and gobalization. (Translated from the original German)
The German Quarterly
Heather Benbow's book is an important contribution to the emerging sphere of literary transnationalism. Marriage in Turkish German popular culture is located at ... Read more
The German Quarterly
Heather Benbow's book is an important contribution to the emerging sphere of literary transnationalism. Marriage in Turkish German popular culture is located at ... Read more