„Türke von Geburt“ und „Staatsbürger der Bundesrepublik“

With his first crime novel Happy birthday, Turk! (1985) Jakob Arjouni established a private investigator with a migration background, but whose lifestyle does not differ from that of the indigenous population. The aim of my contribution is to use statements by Jakob Arjouni himself, as well as a...

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Main Author: Moraldo, Sandro M.
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Language:deu
Published: Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari 2020-12-01
Series:Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie Occidentale
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Online Access:http://doi.org/10.30687/AnnOc/2499-1562/2020/54/004
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description With his first crime novel Happy birthday, Turk! (1985) Jakob Arjouni established a private investigator with a migration background, but whose lifestyle does not differ from that of the indigenous population. The aim of my contribution is to use statements by Jakob Arjouni himself, as well as a collage of the biographical data on Kemal Kayankaya scattered throughout the five crime novels, to show that while the serial hero has developed a bicultural self-confidence, often stylized as a metaphor of his cultural hybridity, more importantly he takes a post-integrative perspective, resulting from his gradual assimilation into German culture and society which began in his childhood and was completed in the course of his adolescence.
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spelling doaj.art-b570c778be84462987a95722e06ced812023-10-30T08:15:28ZdeuFondazione Università Ca’ FoscariAnnali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie Occidentale2499-15622020-12-01545410.30687/AnnOc/2499-1562/2020/54/004journal_article_3769„Türke von Geburt“ und „Staatsbürger der Bundesrepublik“Moraldo, Sandro M.0Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, Italia With his first crime novel Happy birthday, Turk! (1985) Jakob Arjouni established a private investigator with a migration background, but whose lifestyle does not differ from that of the indigenous population. The aim of my contribution is to use statements by Jakob Arjouni himself, as well as a collage of the biographical data on Kemal Kayankaya scattered throughout the five crime novels, to show that while the serial hero has developed a bicultural self-confidence, often stylized as a metaphor of his cultural hybridity, more importantly he takes a post-integrative perspective, resulting from his gradual assimilation into German culture and society which began in his childhood and was completed in the course of his adolescence. http://doi.org/10.30687/AnnOc/2499-1562/2020/54/004German Crime Novel. Hybrid Identity. Jakob Arjouni. Kemal Kayankaya. Migrant Literature. Third Person. Third Space
spellingShingle Moraldo, Sandro M.
„Türke von Geburt“ und „Staatsbürger der Bundesrepublik“
Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie Occidentale
German Crime Novel. Hybrid Identity. Jakob Arjouni. Kemal Kayankaya. Migrant Literature. Third Person. Third Space
title „Türke von Geburt“ und „Staatsbürger der Bundesrepublik“
title_full „Türke von Geburt“ und „Staatsbürger der Bundesrepublik“
title_fullStr „Türke von Geburt“ und „Staatsbürger der Bundesrepublik“
title_full_unstemmed „Türke von Geburt“ und „Staatsbürger der Bundesrepublik“
title_short „Türke von Geburt“ und „Staatsbürger der Bundesrepublik“
title_sort turke von geburt und staatsburger der bundesrepublik
topic German Crime Novel. Hybrid Identity. Jakob Arjouni. Kemal Kayankaya. Migrant Literature. Third Person. Third Space
url http://doi.org/10.30687/AnnOc/2499-1562/2020/54/004
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