While German unification promised a new historical beginning, it also stirred discussions about contemporary Germanys Nazi past and ideas of citizenship and belonging in a changing Europe.Minority Discourses in Germany Since 1990 explores the intersections and divergences between Black German, Turkish German, and German Jewish experiences, with reflections on the evolving academic paradigms with which these are studied. Informed by comparative approaches, the volume investigates social and aesthetic interventions into contemporary German public and political discourse on memory, racism, citizenship, immigration, and history.

Jonathan Skolnik is Associate Professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

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Introduction: Minority Discourses in Germany since 1990
Ela Gezen, Priscilla Layne, Jonathan Skolnik

Chapter 1. Refugee-Migrant-Immigrant
Esther Dischereit

Chapter 2. Strange Stars in Constellation: Özdamar, Lasker-Schüler, and the Archive
Kristin Dickinson

Chapter 3. Jewish Tales from a Muslim Turkish Pen: Feridun Zaimolu andMoses in Oberammergau
Joshua Shelly

Chapter 4.Schwarz tragen: Blackness, Performance, and the Utopian in Contemporary German Theater
Olivia Landry

Chapter 5. German Comedians Combatting Racist Stereotypes and Discrimination: Oliver Polak, Dave Davis, and Serdar Somuncu
Britta Kallin

Chapter 6. Dialogue and Intersection in German Holocaust Memory Culture: Stumbling Blocks and the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
Nick Block

Chapter 7. Young, Diverse, and Polyglot: Ilker Çatak and Amelia Umuhire Track the New Urban Sound of Europe
Berna Gueneli

Chapter 8. Subjunctive Remembering; Contingent Resistance: Katja PetrowskajasVielleicht Esther
Maya Caspari

Chapter 9. Posthumanism and Object-Oriented Ontology in Sharon Dodua Otoo'sSynchronicity (2014) andHerr Gröttrup setzt sich hin (2016)
Evan Torner

Chapter 10. Future Narrative as Contested Ground: Emine Sevgi Özdamars On the Train and Michael GöttingsContrapunctus
Leslie Adelson

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