Abstract
The search for an intergenerational identity and homeland of the minority society, which is regarded as a foreigner by the host society, is among the subjects that are frequently discussed in the field of literature as well as in the social sciences with the increasing number of migration. Social problems that arose as a result of migration have been reflected in literary works inevitably. As a part of this migration process, migration from Turkey to Germany, Turks as “others” (migrants) and the search for identity have become the focus of literary works. As a result of this effect, a new literary genre came out under the umbrella of migrant literature. With their works reflecting the problems of Turks living in Germany, immigrant writers have become the voice of immigrants and have announced their lives as “the other” to the world. Social practices in the construction of “us” and “others”, the themes around the sense of belonging and identity issues are the main motives of writers like Zafer Senocak who is considered in this new genre. This study aims to analyze Senocak’s “Perilous kinship” through “others” perspective different from previous studies on the novel through the search for identity and homeland. With this aim, the novel has been analyzed focusing on the “others” rather than the identity. To serve the understanding of the others, a new classification has been applied: ethic, civilization, economic and religious. As a result of this classification, with the awakening of ethnic consciousness, it is understood that ethnic origin is the most frequently used one as a means of marginalization. In addition, it is seen that the West was depicted as a superior and ideal, and the East as a backward civilization with an Orientalist perspective. Another result of the study shows that the weak and the poor, as well as those who do not belong to their religion, are those who have been marginalized.