Book Review Download PDF Germana, Nicholas A. The Orient of Europe: The Mythical Image of India and Competing Images of German National Identity. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009. 272 pages. Paper, £39.99. Nicholas A. Germana’s monograph shines light … Continue reading
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Orienting Europe Download PDF The following book reviews emerged from “Orienting Europe,” a graduate seminar led by Deniz Göktürk at the University of California, Berkeley, in Fall 2011. The seminar analyzed constructions of Europe in moving-image media, with a particular … Continue reading
The Visit Hakan Savaş Mican Translated by Erik Born Download PDF Read the German text. Acknowledgements: This text originally appeared in freitext, no. 18 (October 2011). Der Besuch premiered at the Ballhaus Naunynstrasse on December 13, 2008, and was renewed on September 13, 2011. … Continue reading
Angry Birds Sing (Excerpts) A Correspondence Between the Angry Birds (Marianna Salzmann, Deniz Utlu) Translated by Jenna Ingalls Download PDF Read the German text. Acknowledgements: This text originally appeared in freitext, no. 18 (October 2011). we’re just two lost souls swimming … Continue reading
The One Who Loves the Sound of Words Selim Özdoğan Translated by Sultan Doughan Download PDF Read the German text. Acknowledgements: This text originally appeared in freitext, no. 18 (October 2011). I should have listened to my father. The first time … Continue reading
They Misoverestimate Us: On the Attempt to Throw a Middle Class Pearl Necklace like a Lasso Around the Ballhaus Naunynstraße – A Comedy Marianna Salzmann Translated by Robin Ellis Download PDF Read the German text. Acknowledgements: This text originally appeared … Continue reading
Vibrationshintergrund Selim Özdoğan Translated by Kristin Dickinson Download PDF Read the German text. Acknowledgements: This text originally appeared in Die Zeit and in freitext, no. 18 (October 2011). Like most children have probably done, I too have understood words, as they had not … Continue reading
Volume 8.1: Foreword Dear Readers, We are pleased to publish the first installment of texts in our 2012 issue, consisting of essays, translations, creative writing, and book reviews. The first part of this installment is the result of a collaboration … Continue reading
Briefwechsel freitext – TRANSIT Download this text as a PDF. Liebes TRANSIT, wir werden dieses Jahr 10. Wir haben dann und wann versucht, Leuten zu erzählen, wer wir sind, aber die haben uns gefragt, wozu? Die haben gesagt, jaja, das … Continue reading
Vibrationshintergrund Selim Özdoğan Download PDF Read a translation of this text. Acknowledgements: This text originally appeared in Die Zeit and in freitext, no. 18 (October 2011). Auch ich habe, wie wahrscheinlich alle Kinder, Worte so verstanden, wie sie nicht gesagt wurden. Lange Zeit … Continue reading