We define “cultural borderland” as a space where two or more cultures and races/ethnicities occupy the same territory. As such a cultural borderland is a political, social and psychological space without fixed geographical borders. It is a space of resistance and liberation, a space that problematizes racial differences and one that is defined by continuous change and ambiguities.

Choose one of the minority cultures in post-war Germany that we studied and discuss (May Aiyem Story) and how discourses of race and racialization, and differences continue beyond 1945 and how they change in postwar Germany. Provide example evidence across the sources we used to demonstrate how members of one minority community responded to the dominant beliefs that “race thinking” and racial distinctions had ended with the demise of the Nazi state.

While your essay should focus on one minority community, reflect on some similarities with and differences to one other minority group we discussed in class. For example, what might members of the Black People share with the Turkish minority? What are differences and/or similarities between the experience of Germans of African descent and turkish people returning to post-war Germany?

Write a well-organized essay of at least 1500 words. In the last 200-250 words of your essay you should reflect on the connections you can make between the content of this seminar and other courses you have taken, your major ( Political science ) and/or your personal life experiences. Clearly identify this section of your essay with the title “Connections”

The main body of your essay needs to be double spaced.

Your name, course number and name of professor in the upper left corner in single space.

References: Last name and page number in parenthesis in the text. Full bibliography at the end of the essay on a separate sheet. When referencing an author in an anthology such as “After the Nazi Racial State” or “Fringe Voices” you need to reference the last name of the author of the text you discuss.

Reference in text:

In her essay “Black Occupation Children” Heide Fehrenbach outlines “behavioral effects on racial mixing” first used by… (Fehrenbach, 39

Helga Emde describes in her memories “An ‘Occupation Baby’ in Postwar Germany” the sense of loneliness that shaped her childhood in postwar Germany (Emde, 81)

Your bibliography at the end needs to reference author’s name, full title of essay and book title, editor(s) name, publisher, year and page numbers of essay.

For more forms of citation consult: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/

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