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Serdar Somuncu: Turkish German Comedy As Transnational Intervention, Kathrin M. Bower
Serdar Somuncu: Turkish German Comedy As Transnational Intervention, Kathrin M. Bower
Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Faculty Publications
A reconceptualization of Germanness, combined with a reconsideration of what constitutes “Germanness” and “Turkishness” and how they are linked, is a central theme in the programs of a younger generation of Turkish German cabaret artists and comedians. As a member of the new generation of performers, Serdar Somuncu stands out, not only for his unapologetic embrace of political theater critical of both German and Turkish social politics, but also for his assertion of a right and responsibility to engage with Germany’s past, coupled with an insistence on differentiation and balanced comparison when discussing integration. After gaining notoriety through his Mein …
Minority Identity As German Identity In Conscious Rap And Gangsta Rap: Pushing The Margins, Redefining The Center, Kathrin M. Bower
Minority Identity As German Identity In Conscious Rap And Gangsta Rap: Pushing The Margins, Redefining The Center, Kathrin M. Bower
Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Faculty Publications
After rap entered the German music scene in the 1980s, it developed into a variety of styles that reflect Germany's increasingly multiethnic social fabric. Politically conscious rap assumed greater relevance after unification, focusing on issues of discrimination, integration, and xenophobia. Gangsta rap, with its emphasis on street conflict and violence, brought the ghetto to Germany and sparked debates about the condition of German cities and the erosion of civic consciousness. Alternately celebrated and reviled by the media, both styles utilize rap's synthesis of authenticity and performance to redefine the relationship between minority identity and German identity and debunk Leitkultur.
Ferdinand Oyono, Kasongo Mulenda Kapanga
Ferdinand Oyono, Kasongo Mulenda Kapanga
Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Faculty Publications
Ferdinand Oyono was a Cameroonian statesman and a Francophone novelist of the first generation of African writers who became active after World War II. He entered the literary scene at a time when writers such as his fellow Cameroonian Mongo Beti and the Senegalese Sembene Ousmane and Leopold Sedar Senghor were at their peak. Oyono and Mongo Beti are known as "the forefathers of modern African Identity" for their anticolonial novels.
Une Nouvelle Voix Narrative À La Recherche De Son « Moi », Kasongo Mulenda Kapanga
Une Nouvelle Voix Narrative À La Recherche De Son « Moi », Kasongo Mulenda Kapanga
Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Faculty Publications
Trente ans après les crises d'indépendances, l'Afrique a connu des secousses particulièrement paralysantes dont le prix en vies humaines se mesure au nombre élevé de personnes décimées par des fléaux tels que la famine, les épurations ethniques, les guerres, les génocides et la mauvaise gouvernance. Devant cette tragique situation, l'art, en tant qu'expression du beau, se vide de son attrait sous la pesanteur de l'anormal (l'horreur) qui nécessite, sinon une réparation imminente, tout au moins une dénonciation immédiate. Se sentant abandonnée à son propre sort - l'élite a misérablement échoué - le petit personnage issu du peuple, le délinquant, le …