Struggling for Recognition: The Alevi Movement in Germany and in Transnational Space

By Martin S'Okefeld and Martin Sökefeld

As a religious and cultural minority in Turkey, the Alevis have suffered a long history of persecution and discrimination. In the late 1980s they started a movement for the recognition of Alevi identity in both Germany and Turkey. Today, they constitute a significant segment of Germany's Turkish immigrant population. In a departure from the current debate on identity and diaspora, S kefeld offers a rich account of the emergence and institutionalization of the Alevi movement in Germany, giving particular attention to its politics of recognition within Germany and in a transnational context. The book deftly combines empirical findings with innovative theoretical arguments and addresses current questions of migration, diaspora, transnationalism, and identity.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845454782
• ISBN13: 9781845454784
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"