Struggling for Recognition : : The Alevi Movement in Germany and in Transnational Space / / Martin Sökefeld.
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 imm...
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Place / Publishing House: | New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2008] ©2008 |
Year of Publication: | 2008 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (302 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Pronunciation of Special Turkish Letters -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 IDENTITY AND RECOGNITION -- 2 Going Public -- 3 ORGANIZING ALEVIS -- 4 CROSSCURRENTS OF IDENTIFICATION -- 5 THE POLITICS OF MEMORY: SIVAS -- 6 RITUAL AND COMMUNITY The Changing Meaning of Cem and Dedes -- 7 RECOGNITION AND THE POLITICS OF MIGRATION IN GERMANY -- 8 TRANSNATIONAL CONNECTIONS AND THE CLAIMS OF THE NATION -- Conclusion -- APPENDIX 1 -- APPENDIX 2 Glossary of Alevi and Turkish Terms -- REFERENCES -- INDEX |
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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. The book deftly combines empirical findings with innovative theoretical arguments and addresses current questions of migration, diaspora, transnationalism, and identity. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780857450142 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9780857450142 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Martin Sökefeld. |