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Afrodiasporic Identities in Germany: Life-Stories of Millennial Women
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Abstract Aminata Camara, Maya K., Lafia T., Oxana Chi and Layla Zami are middle-class, highly educated women in Germany and come from families of mixed African European heritages. This ethnographic study traces the coming of age as person of African descent in Germany born in the 1980s with a focus on the ci... view more
Aminata Camara, Maya K., Lafia T., Oxana Chi and Layla Zami are middle-class, highly educated women in Germany and come from families of mixed African European heritages. This ethnographic study traces the coming of age as person of African descent in Germany born in the 1980s with a focus on the city of Frankfurt. Silvia Wojczewski follows the paths of five women and shows how the practice of travelling is used as a way to connect to transnational families and to an Afrodiasporic heritage. Zooming in on five lives, she reveals the ways in which class, diaspora and kinship relations influence how the women understand themselves and their position in the world.... view less
Keywords
Federal Republic of Germany; feminism; intersectionality; tourism; ethnography; cultural anthropology; social inequality; Europe; ethnology; cultural geography; education; migration
Classification
Ethnology, Cultural Anthropology, Ethnosociology
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
Document language
English
Publication Year
2024
Publisher
transcript Verlag
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
267 p.
Series
Culture and Social Practice
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839473412
ISSN
2703-0032
ISBN
978-3-8394-7341-2
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed