Nicole Berger
Biographic Data
| ID | 5449010 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nicole Berger |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nicole |
| FAMILY NAME | Berger |
| SIGNATURE | BERGER N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Friedrich Schiller University Jena |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7936-5808 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
False binaries and true fictions: An ethnographic examination of what the Sri Lankan Tamil refugee characters in Shobasakthi's literature reveal about European asylum regimes
This paper analyses the film and literary works of Paris‐based actor and author Shobasakthi, the pen name of Antonythasan Jesuthasan, as ethnographic texts in dialogue with anthropological scholarship on asylum and European migration. Shobasakthi, himself a Sri Lankan Tamil political refugee in France, is one of the leading contemporary Tamil literary figures worldwide. I focus particularly on Shobasakthi's literature in English and French transl…
Consuming Tamil Identity in Paris
Drawing on two years of ethnographic fieldwork with members of the Tamil diaspora in the greater Paris region, I demonstrate the central role of food in expressing and transmitting Tamil ethnic identity through food consumption and culinary practices. I contextualize this within the framework of gastronationalism, which not only affirms the exceptionalism of French cuisine but also maintains the exclusionary borders of proper (gastro-)citizenship…
Verhaltensstörungen und Lernschwierigkeiten in der Schule: Möglichkeiten der Prävention und Intervention
Lernschwierigkeiten hatten Kinder und Jugendliche schon immer - Konzentrationsmängel, fehlende Motivation, Prüfungsangst, Lese- oder Rechenschwächen u.a. Doch erst in jüngster Zeit wird erkannt, dass Lehrkräfte mit konkreten Maßnahmen solchen Problemen vorbeugen oder sie durch gezielte Intervention lösen können. Im Buch werden Möglichkeiten der pädagogisch-psychologischen Prävention und Intervention in der Schule aufgezeigt. Diese beziehen sich a…
Mortality salience and the desire for offspring
Mortality salience and the desire for offspring
Verhaltensstörungen und Lernschwierigkeiten in der Schule: Möglichkeiten der Prävention und Intervention
Lernschwierigkeiten hatten Kinder und Jugendliche schon immer - Konzentrationsmängel, fehlende Motivation, Prüfungsangst, Lese- oder Rechenschwächen u.a. Doch erst in jüngster Zeit wird erkannt, dass Lehrkräfte mit konkreten Maßnahmen solchen Problemen vorbeugen oder sie durch gezielte Intervention lösen können. Im Buch werden Möglichkeiten der pädagogisch-psychologischen Prävention und Intervention in der Schule aufgezeigt. Diese beziehen sich a…
Consuming Tamil Identity in Paris
Drawing on two years of ethnographic fieldwork with members of the Tamil diaspora in the greater Paris region, I demonstrate the central role of food in expressing and transmitting Tamil ethnic identity through food consumption and culinary practices. I contextualize this within the framework of gastronationalism, which not only affirms the exceptionalism of French cuisine but also maintains the exclusionary borders of proper (gastro-)citizenship…
False binaries and true fictions: An ethnographic examination of what the Sri Lankan Tamil refugee characters in Shobasakthi's literature reveal about European asylum regimes
This paper analyses the film and literary works of Paris‐based actor and author Shobasakthi, the pen name of Antonythasan Jesuthasan, as ethnographic texts in dialogue with anthropological scholarship on asylum and European migration. Shobasakthi, himself a Sri Lankan Tamil political refugee in France, is one of the leading contemporary Tamil literary figures worldwide. I focus particularly on Shobasakthi's literature in English and French transl…
Psychology (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (2 works) · Tamil (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Anxiety (1 works) · Appeal (1 works) · Clinical Psychology (1 works) · Clinical Psychology (1 works) · Cognitive psychology (1 works)