Turkish Culture in German Society

<p> For many decades Germany has had a sizeable Turkish minority that lives in an uneasy co-existence with the Germans around them and as such has attracted considerable interest abroadwhere it tends to be seen as a measure of German tolerance. However little is known about theactual situation of the Turks. This volume provides valuable information presented in a mostoriginal manner in that it combines literary and cultural studies with social and political analysis.It focuses on the Turkish-born writer Emine Sevgi Özdamar who writes in German and whosework especially her highly acclaimed novel <i>Das ist eine Karawanserei</i> is examined criticallyand situated in the context of German migrant literature.</p>