Abstract
I specifically remember when Deniz Uzun died, you know the Turkish paper delivery boy. The murder made me react because it felt close to me-in every sense of the word. The victim was a Muslim and it happened in my city. The debate it fostered taught me a lot about this place and also made me wonder how you can be considered a stranger and, yet, nobody is willing to recognize that that’s what got you killed in the first place. This [incident], more than anything else, made me question how I belong here-more than the cartoons, and more than the neverending debates on integration and Islam (Personal interview, Denmark, September 2008).
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | A Comparative Ethnography of Alternative Spaces |
Editors | Jens Dahl, Esther Fihl |
Place of Publication | Basingstoke |
Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
Publication date | 1 Jan 2013 |
Pages | 111-128 |
Chapter | 5 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781137299536 |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2013 |