Reframing Migration, Diversity and the Arts: The Postmigrant Condition (Routledge Research in Art and Politics)

This book offers a compelling study of contemporary developments in European migration studies and the representation of migration in the arts and cultural institutions. It introduces scholars and students to the new concept of ‘postmigration’, offering a review of the origin of the concept (in Berlin) and how it has taken on a variety of meanings and works in different ways within different national, cultural and disciplinary contexts. The authors explore postmigrant theory in relation to the visual arts, theater, film and literature as well as the representation of migration and cultural diversity in cultural institutions, offering case studies of postmigrant analyses of contemporary works of art from Europe (mainly Denmark, Germany and Great Britain). Contents 6 List of Illustrations 8 Preface • Moritz Schramm 10 Part I: Postmigration as a Concept (Reception, Histories, Criticism) 14 Introduction: From Artistic Intervention to Academic Discussion • Anne Ring Petersen, Moritz Schramm and Frauke Wiegand 16 1 Academic Reception • Anne Ring Petersen, Moritz Schramm and Frauke Wiegand 24 2 Comparing Histories: The United Kingdom, Germany and Denmark • Anne Ring Petersen, Moritz Schramm and Frauke Wiegand 39 3 Criticism and Perspectives • Anne Ring Petersen, Moritz Schramm and Frauke Wiegand 63 Part II: Postmigration as a Perspective (Art, Literature, Film) 78 Introduction: Towards a Postmigrant Frame of Reading • Sten Pultz Moslund and Anne Ring Petersen 80 4 ‘Say It Loud!’ A Postmigrant Perspective on Postcolonial Critique in Contemporary Art • Anne Ring Petersen 88 5 Towards a Postmigrant Reading of Literature: An Analysis of Zadie Smith’s NW • Sten Pultz Moslund 107 6 Expanding the Concept of Heimat: A Postmigrant Perspective on Fatih Akin’s Soul Kitchen • Hans Christian Post and Moritz Schramm 126 Part III: Sites of Negotiation (Identity, Language, Institutions) 146 Introduction: Reinventing Identities, Languages and Institutions • Mirjam Gebauer, Sabrina Vitting-Seerup and Frauke Wiegand 148 7 Identity and Cultural Representations in the Postmigrant Condition • Anne Ring Petersen and Sabrina Vitting-Seerup 153 8 Postmonolingual Struggles and the Poetry of Uljana Wolf • Mirjam Gebauer 183 9 Organizing Postmigration in Cultural Institutions: Diversity Work as Intrusion, Potential or Fact? • Sabrina Vitting-Seerup and Frauke Wiegand 206 Part IV: Envisioning the Future 238 10 Postmigration: From Utopian Fantasy to Future Perspectives • Sten Pultz Moslund, Moritz Schramm and Sabrina Vitting-Seerup 240 Index 270