Acts of Belonging in Modern Societies

Produktdetails

Verlag

Springer International Publishing
Springer International Publishing AG

Erschienen

2020

Sprache

English

Seiten

152

Infos

152 Seiten
216 mm x 153 mm

ISBN

978-3-030-45171-4

Hauptbeschreibung

This book examines the ways in which the need to belong manifests itself in the post 9/11 world, from a cross-disciplinary perspective. Using queer Turkish women in Berlin as its subjects, the book shows how individuals with seemingly contradictory belongings develop strategies of emotional survival in the face of conflict, which Yorukoglu terms “acts of belonging”. It studies the impact of populist discourses on minorities, exploring concepts such as security, integration, sexual tolerance and cohesion within a causal relationship. Questioning this assumed relationship, the book proposes an alternative approach to study belonging.
Acts Of Belonging
 
in Modern Societies 
supports the empirical research behind the argument that cohesion is not a "sine qua non" of belonging. These acts allow the individual to claim belonging in spite of possible differences. The book provides evocative case studies to reveal the affective, dynamic, complex nature of human connectedness.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction - A Framework To Study Belonging.- 2. We Have Never Been Coherent: Integration, Sexual Tolerance, Security.- 3. Belonging, Somehow: Communities Of Difference.- 4. Fahriye’s Multiculturalism: Ethnicity, Trust, Claim-Making.- 5. Fatma Can Go Anywhere Now: Religious Identification And Redefining One’s Self.- 6. Seçil And Sefa: Protest As An Act Of Belonging.- 7. Conclusion.  

Klappentext

This book examines the ways in which the need to belong manifests itself in the post 9/11 world, from a cross-disciplinary perspective. Using queer Turkish women in Berlin as its subjects, the book shows how individuals with seemingly contradictory belongings develop strategies of emotional survival in the face of conflict, which Yorukoglu terms “acts of belonging”. It studies the impact of populist discourses on minorities, exploring concepts such as security, integration, sexual tolerance and cohesion within a causal relationship. Questioning this assumed relationship, the book proposes an alternative approach to study belonging. 
Acts Of Belonging
 
in Modern Societies 
supports the empirical research behind the argument that cohesion is not a "sine qua non" of belonging. These acts allow the individual to claim belonging in spite of possible differences. The book provides evocative case studies to reveal the affective, dynamic, complex nature of human connectedness.

Langtext

Über den AutorIn

Ilgin Yorukoglu is Assistant Professor in the Social Sciences, Humanities and Criminal Justice Department at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, City University of New York, US.