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Germany speaking? Rap and Kanak Attak: Dominant Discourses on Language

Schmitt, Irina LU orcid (2005) p.215-236
Abstract
Young people with migration background in Germany are often seen as having or producing problems. In this chapter, I discuss aspects of the German dominant discourse which still constructs this society as culturally and linguistically homogenous. I confront this perspective with language-based expressions by Germans with migration experience in e.g. Rap texts or political manifestos. While it is necessary to avoid simplified idealizations, I suggest that it would be beneficial for all members of German society not to position young people with migration background as deficient.
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Rap, Germany, language, youth, migration
host publication
Negotiating Transcultural Lives: Belongings and Social Capital among Youth in Transnational Perspective
editor
Hoerder, Dirk ; Hébert, Yvonne and Schmitt, Irina
pages
215 - 236
publisher
V&R unipress
ISBN
978-3899711790
project
“Transfer of Cultural Praxes and Norms: Allochthonous and Autochthonous Youths between Parents, School, and Peer Group”
language
English
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no
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2016-04-04 11:33:37
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  author       = {{Schmitt, Irina}},
  booktitle    = {{Negotiating Transcultural Lives: Belongings and Social Capital among Youth in Transnational Perspective}},
  editor       = {{Hoerder, Dirk and Hébert, Yvonne and Schmitt, Irina}},
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  keywords     = {{Rap; Germany; language; youth; migration}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{215--236}},
  publisher    = {{V&R unipress}},
  title        = {{Germany speaking? Rap and Kanak Attak: Dominant Discourses on Language}},
  year         = {{2005}},
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