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Aus dem Nichts ins Nichts

Zu Fatih Akins Aus dem Nichts und Feridun Zaimoglus German Amok

Nikolaos-Ioannis Koskinas    University of Athens, Greece    

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abstract

As a critical reflection to the discourse surrounding the ‘Berlin Republic’ and the demand for a redefinition of the German national identity, the last two decades have seen the emergence of various works by artists labeled as ‘migration background’ that deal with German historical and memory culture. Fatih Akin’s political thriller Aus dem Nichts and Feridun Zaimoglu’s novel German Amok examine migration from a genuinely postmigrant perspective. This broadening of the perspectival focus generates a different understanding of history and society, which through its disillusioning and irritating effect allows a critical examination of social power relations and deficits in norms and values.

Published
June 16, 2023
Accepted
April 24, 2023
Submitted
March 6, 2023
Language
DE
ISBN (EBOOK)
978-88-6969-734-0

Keywords: PostmigrantischPostmigrant“Berliner Republik”Memory cultureIdentityMultikulturalismusGeschichts- und ErinnerungskulturBerlin RepublicMulticulturalism“Normalisierung”IdentitätNormalisation

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