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lar group, on the one hand, and to form
the sense of belonging to the community,
on the other.24
Traditions and customs as well as ma-
terial culture keep communities to-
gether. This analysis focuses on cultur-
al semantics with regard to language,
tradition, clothing and interior design.
Language and lettering are impor-
tant factors in the construction of cul-
tural difference between own identi-
ties and foreign identities. The short
story “Mwangaza und die Geschichte
mit dem Zahn” was written in German
and complemented with sentences
in Kiswahili to represent the Tanza-
nian background: “‘Sala ya Watoto
wadogo, Mungu mwema nijalie…’
This is Tanzanian language and means
that God may bless the children.”25 A
character in “Bilal und die Blüten des
Korans” states, “Bilal speaks German
very well. His parents were born in Ger-
many and attended school there.”26
Bilal, a third-generation descendant of
immigrants, is of course able to speak
German fluently. The mention of his
ability is deployed to mark otherness.
Similarly, the illustration of writing sys-
tems represents cultural difference.
Emma, a character in “Lili und das chinesische Frühlingsfest”, calls Chinese let-
ters “strange signs” (fig. 9).27 The author of “Huda bekommt ein Brüderchen”
uses Arabic letters and explains, “أنا هدى” means “I am Huda” (fig. 10).28
In both text and illustration, traditions and customs are strongly linked with
otherness. The characters describe their activities in detail, which leads us to as-
24 Croitoru 2013, 28.
25 Ngonyani 2016, n. pag.
26 Zöller 2006, 87.
27 Yu Dembski 2016, n. pag.
28 Taufiq 2016, n. pag.
Fig. 9: Emma perceives Chinese letters as “strange
signs” in Yu-Dembski/Leberer (illust.), Lili und
das chinesische Frühlingsfest (n. pag.) © Carlsen
Verlag GmbH, Hamburg 2011.
Fig. 10: Arabic language and lettering in Taufiq/
Spanjardt (illust.), Huda bekommt ein Brüder
chen (n. pag.) © Carlsen Verlag GmbH, Ham-
burg 2011.
JRFM
Journal Religion Film Media, Band 04/01
- Titel
- JRFM
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- Journal Religion Film Media
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- 04/01
- Autoren
- Christian Wessely
- Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati
- Herausgeber
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- 2018
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