Prof. Sabine Mödersheim
838 Van Hise Hall
262-3758
Office Hours: after class and by appointment
smoedersheim@wisc.edu
http://german.lss.wisc.edu/~smoedersheim/

"Proud to be German"

May Ayim, Writer

Reggae fi May Ayim
by Linton Kwesi Johnson

In this course we will read literature by German authors of different ethnic backgrounds, including poems, short stories, novels, autobiographies and essays by Afro-German, Turkish-German, Asian-German, and Jewish-German writers. We will discuss the current social and political conditions of multiculturalism in Germany, and learn about the legacy of antisemitism and racism in recent German history.

Texts
· Fringe Voices, Excerpts
· Hans Massaquoi: Destined to Witness: Growing Up Black in Nazi Germany
· The Cambridge Companion to Modern German Culture

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