Forging Diasporic Citizenship

Narratives from German-Born Turkish Ausländer

By Gül Çalışkan
Categories: Social Sciences, Anthropology, Immigration, Emigration & Transnationalism, Political Science, Public & Social Policy, Sociology, Regional & Cultural Studies, Diaspora Studies
Publisher: UBC Press
Hardcover : 9780774866118, 340 pages, December 2022
Ebook (PDF) : 9780774866132, 340 pages, December 2022
Ebook (EPUB) : 9780774866149, 340 pages, December 2022
Paperback : 9780774866125, 340 pages, July 2023
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Table of contents

Introduction

1 The Model: Being and Belonging Together

2 Constituting Germans and Outsiders

3 Hostility–Hospitality: Accommodating the Ausländer

4 Homesickness–Homelessness: Negotiating Displacement

5 Borderlands

6 Forging Diasporic Citizenship

Conclusion: Becoming a Chameleon

Notes; References; Index

Description

Forging Diasporic Citizenship explores the dynamics of everyday life for German-born Berliners of Turkish origin. These Ausländer (or “outsiders”) are obliged to define themselves by their Otherness, but it is their relatedness to German society that transgresses traditional concepts of both German and Turkish identity. By examining the social encounters, life stories, and everyday practices of these Ausländer, this transnationally applicable work serves to disrupt delimited notions of citizenship. It shows how diasporic people are creating a broader basis for identity, community, and social responsibility that transcends the scope of membership in a nation-state.