Beschreibung:
There are more than 700,000 Bulgaristanli migrants residing in Turkey. Immigrants from Bulgaria who are ethnically Turkish, they assume certain privileges because of these ethnic ties, yet access to citizenship remains dependent on the whims of those in power. Through vivid accounts of encounters with the police and state bureaucracy, of nostalgic memories of home and aspirations for a more secure life in Turkey, Precarious Hope explores the tensions between ethnic privilege and economic vulnerability and rethinks the limits of migrant belonging among those for whom it is intimated and promised-but never guaranteed.
Introduction: Shielding Hope1. The Historical Production of Hope2. Entitled Hope3. Precarious Hope4. Nostalgia as HopeConclusion: Troubling HopeA Note on Method, or Hopeful Waiting in Lines