Acts of Belonging in Modern Societies

TRAMA

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.

SOMMARIO

Chapter I Introduction - A Framework to Study Belonging The aims of the book: What is belonging? How do we belong? Why study belonging, and what has changed since September 11, 2001? Why this group of people? Citizenship in Europe after September 11 Terminologies Theoretical background The organization of the book Chapter II-We Have Never Been Coherent: Integration, Sexual Tolerance, Security Biopolitical immunization Securing the European way of life Cohesion, or, the freedom to integrate Imagining an alternative conception: Acts of belonging Chapter III- Belonging, Somehow: Communities of Difference Anxiety and belonging Acts of belonging: A definition Belonging and identification Chapter IV- Fahriye’s Multiculturalism: Ethnicity, Trust, Claim-Making Chapter V- “Fatma Can Go Anywhere Now”: Religious Identification and Redefining One’s Self Chapter VI- Seçil and Sefa: Protest As an Act of Belonging Conclusion Epilogue

AUTORE

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.   

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9783030451714
• Collana: Citizenship, Gender and Diversity
• Dimensioni: 210 x 148 mm Ø 454 gr
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Illustration Notes: XII, 138 p. 1 illus.
• Pagine Arabe: 138
• Pagine Romane: xii