Fringe Voices

Antje Harnisch Visiting Assistant Professor of German,The College of Wooster Anne-Marie Stokes Previously Visiting Assitant Professor of German, Union College, now at the University of Glasgow Friedemann Weidauer University of Connecticut

• Part 1 Introduction: Germany, not a country of immigration?; Germany as a multicultural society - legal challenges, ideological shifts and socioeconomic realities; minority literature and its role in a multicultural society. Part 2 Jews in Germany - living in a double diaspora: Heimat? no thanks!, Henryk Broder; why am I leaving this country, Lea Fleischmann; playing ass, Zionism, the underling, Rafael Seligmann. Part 3 Afro-Germans - black and German a paradox?: an "occupation baby" in postwar Germany, Helga Emde; caught among Germans, Chima Oji; the year 1990 homeland and unity fron an Afro-German perspective, May Ayim; East German black, Gabriele Willbold. Part 4 Ethnic Germans from Eastern Europe - strangers in their own home: the identity of a minority is reflected in its language, the apparent patience of the line multicultural, Richard Wagner; the funeral speech, and still our heart is frightened, does that rat poison taste good?, Herta Muller. Part 5 Guest workers - permanent gusets or temporary residents?: dead soul costs 200 marks, Franco Biondi; the flying tree, integration a thought consisting of seven theses, Gino Chiellino; the cafe tales of Abu Al Abed, Jussuf Naoum; Margarita's diary, Elina Torossi. Part 6 Turks in Germany - from German Turks to Turkish-Germans: terrible times under Dursun, my two faces, women are property and honour, putting obstructions in young Turks' way, Ayse; you will never be able to learn this language, I though I was in hell, I played a role, Dervim; Mother tongue, karagoz in Alamania/blackeye in Germany, Emine Sevgi Ozdamar; Germany - a Heimat for Turks?, Zafer Senocek and Bulent Tulay; not an Oriental (fairy) tale, Kurt Kemal; Zarathustra's wounded children, Ismet Elci.

'A kaleidoscopic picture builds up, not just of racism, but of resistance as well. Again and again, the stereotypes of Germany and the Germans are broken down."This is a well constructed selection. The translators and editors have carried out a valuable service making these writings available to an English speaking public.'Socialist Review'An eye-opener ... The editors and translators have made an enormous contribution to German and European Studies.'World Literature Today'Fringe Voices is a spirited contribution to the contemporary debate about immigration and citizenship rights.'German Politics