Struggling for Recognition : : The Alevi Movement in Germany and in Transnational Space / / Martin Sökefeld.

• VerfasserIn: Sökefeld, Martin,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2008]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (302 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

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