Several German scholars offer more sophisticated approaches to the study of the Turkish minority, focusing on migration as a continuous process. Some of the most interesting recent literature is less concerned with the boundaries of identity than with the microprocesses of the migrant experience itself. All of these works are rich in ethnographic description and make cutting-edge theoretical forays from the data. She provides a thoughtful critique of the usefulness of concepts like culture and ethnicity for understanding migrant experiences and suggests creolization and bricolage as more appropriate conceptualizations. This is part of a thriving and colorful Turkish German subculture that also produces plays, films and fine art.
Several journals are good sources.
International Migration, Migration and Migration and Development are more obvious sources. The Friedrich Ebert Stiftung in Bonn publishes numerous migration studies. This snapshot of the literature is inevitably incomplete and quite brazenly guided by my own judgment, which some might find faulty. Nevertheless, I trust that this overview will provide enough handholds and signposts that the interested reader can climb the bibliographic mountain with less trepidation. Ankara University Faculty of Social Sciences, 1986.