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fogs-521	Matthes, Frauke	“Was deutsch ist, bestimmen wir": Definitions of (Turkish-) Germanness in Feridun Zaimoglu's Kanak Sprak and Koppstoff	2007	17	.pdf	application/pdf	6902	406	61	As a prominent feature of the German language (which also includes ignoring the capitalization of nouns in Kanak Sprak), this technique suggests a strong sense of fighting against the German mainstream by linguistically using German “weapons:” primarily pejorative words such as “Alemangeschichtsfick,” FOCUS ON GERMAN STUDIES 14 29 “Insgesichtspucker,” “Radieschenvonuntenricher,” “Alemanweitewelt” (Aynur, 34, Künstlerin; Koppstoff 32-4) reveal a conscious parody of the German use of compounds. In this sense, the writer Zaimoğlu seems to know exactly how to “exploit” his own experiences of his (and his parents’) marginality that he has successfully shifted to the attention of the “center:” Kanak Sprak and Koppstoff were written about ten years ago, at a time when Zaimoğlu himself shook up the literary mainstream with the FOCUS ON GERMAN STUDIES 14 31 creation of his “Kanak Sprak.”	cache/fogs-521.pdf	txt/fogs-521.txt