Glossary:

Türkisch-deutsches Kino

Language: German

Turkish-German cinema

This term, which joins two national cinemas together, is the most commonly used reference to films made by Turkish migrant or diasporic filmmakers working in Germany. It is perhaps interesting to note that until a few years ago 'deutsch-türkisches Kino' was more commonly used. Corresponding hyphenated identity terms terms such as Black Asian or British Asian cinema are usually written without a hyphen nowadays. 

Deniz Göktürk (2002), 'Beyond paternalism: Turkish German traffic in cinema', in: Tim Bergfelder, Erica Carter and Deniz Göktürk (eds.), The German Cinema Book, London: bfi, pp. 248-256.

Deniz Göktürk (2000), 'Migration und Kino—Subnationale Mitleidskultur oder transnationale Rollenspiele', in: Carmine Chiellino (ed.), Interkulturelle Literatur in Deutschland. Ein Handbuch, Stuttgart: Metzler, pp. 329-347.  

Rob Burns (2006), 'Turkish-German cinema: from cultural resistance to transnational cinema?', in: David Clarke (ed.), German Cinema Since Unification, London and New York: Continuum, pp. 127-150. 

Diana Schäffer (2007), Deutscher Film mit türkischer Seele: Entwicklungen und Tendenzen der deutsch-türkischen Filme von den 70er Jahren bis zur Gegenwart, Saarbrücken: VDM Verlag, 2007. 

Posted by Daniela Berghahn on 29 Jan 2008 •

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