Language, Literature, and the Negotiation of Identity Foreign Worker German in the Federal Republic of Germany

This study examines the way in which the identity of foreign workers and foreign writers in Germany is negotiated on the basis of language use and literary activity. The book presents an in-depth look at the history of immigration to Germany since the turn of the century and a description of the soc...

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Main Author: Fennell, Barbara A. (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina Press 1997
Series:UNC Studies in the Germanic Languages and Literatures
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