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Immigration has become a contentious issue in Europe in recent
decades, with immigrants being accused of resisting integration and
threatening the secular fabric of nationhood. The most extreme form
of this unease has invented and demonized an Islamic 'other' within
Europe. This book poses central questions about this global staging
of difference. How has such anxiety increased exponentially since
9/11? Why has the Muslim veil been singled out as a metaphor in
debates about citizenship? Lastly, and most fundamentally, who sets
the criteria for constructing the ideal citizen? This study
explores the issue of gender and immigration in the national
contexts of Germany and France, where the largest minority
populations are from Turkey and North Africa, respectively. The
author analyzes fictional works by the Turkish-German writers Emine
Sevgi OEzdamar and Zafer Senocak and by Francophone writer Malika
Mokeddem. All three deconstruct binary oppositions and envision an
alternate third space that allows them to break out of the confines
of organized religion. In the latter part of the book, the voices
of young Muslim women are foregrounded through interviews. The
concluding chapter on the pedagogical tool Deliberative Dialogue
suggests ways to navigate such contentious issues in the Humanities
classroom.
New essays on the works and themes of Hesse, one of the most
perennially relevant and widely-read German authors. Today, forty
years after Timothy Leary's suggestion that hippies read Hermann
Hesse while "turning on," Hesse is once again receiving attention:
faced with ubiquitous materialism, war, and ecological disaster, we
discover that these problems have found universal expression in the
works of this master storyteller. Hesse explores perennial themes,
from the simple to the transcendental. Because he knows of the
awkwardness of adolescence and the pressures exerted on us to
conform, his books hold special appeal for young readers and are
taught widely. Yet he is equally relevant for older readers,
writing about the torment of a psyche in despair, or our fear of
the unknown. All these experiences are explored from the
perspective of the individual self, for Hesse the repository of the
divine and the sole entity to which we are accountable. This volume
of new essays sheds light on his major works, including Siddhartha,
Der Steppenwolf, and Das Glasperlenspiel, as well as Rosshalde,
Klingsors letzter Sommer, Klein und Wagner, and the poetry. Another
six essays explore Hesse's interest in psychoanalysis, music, and
easternphilosophy, the development of his political views, the
influence of his painting on his writing, and the relationship
between Hesse and Goethe. Contributors: Jefford Vahlbusch, Osman
Durrani, Andreas Solbach, Ralph Freedman, Adrian Hsia, Stefan
Hoeppner, Martin Swales, Frederick Lubich, Paul Bishop, Olaf
Berwald, Kamakshi Murti, Marco Schickling, Volker Michels, Godela
Weiss-Sussex, C. Immo Schneider, Hans-Joachim Hahn. Ingo Cornilsis
Professor of German at the University of Leeds.
Losing a Part of You Can Bring About the Greatest Gain When
eleven-year-old Lalli recuperates from an accident, her world is
defined by what she sees outside her bedroom window. But when Lalli
witnesses the strange reaction by her old and slightly odd
neighbors to a letter they've received, little could she have
envisioned what the consequences would be. Not only for Lalli but
for the wonderful Mr. Steave. Featuring a soccer-mad brother, cool
home-schooling teacher for a father and a gifted Mennonite
violinist, Kamakshi P. Murti has woven a story around the life of a
young South-Asian American girl, which, at its core, has the
universal themes of family forgiveness, true friendship and the
power of neighborly love.
Losing a Part of You Can Bring About the Greatest Gain When
eleven-year-old Lalli recuperates from an accident, her world is
defined by what she sees outside her bedroom window. But when Lalli
witnesses the strange reaction by her old and slightly odd
neighbors to a letter they've received, little could she have
envisioned what the consequences would be. Not only for Lalli but
for the wonderful Mr. Steave. Featuring a soccer-mad brother, cool
home-schooling teacher for a father and a gifted Mennonite
violinist, Kamakshi P. Murti has woven a story around the life of a
young South-Asian American girl, which, at its core, has the
universal themes of family forgiveness, true friendship and the
power of neighborly love.
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