Feminism and Migration: Expedition through a Minefield

This book poses an uncomfortable but necessary question: What happens to feminist achievements when they encounter social realities that openly contradict them? At a time when migration is often discussed exclusively in moral or economic terms, this work consistently focuses on the perspective of women-not in abstract terms, but in concrete, everyday, experiential terms. From a clearly feminist standpoint, the book analyzes how patriarchal norms, religiously influenced gender images, and authoritarian notions of masculinity in certain immigrant milieus collide with the basic assumptions of emancipatory feminism. It shows how women's loss of freedom occurs insidiously: through withdrawal from public spaces, through behavioral conformity, through the silencing of legitimate criticism for fear of being "misunderstood." In doing so, the book rejects both right-wing instrumentalization and liberal trivialization. It criticizes racism and culturalization just as sharply as it does progressive blindness, which renders real conflicts invisible. Instead, feminism is taken seriously as a political project-as something that is non-negotiable and must not be relativized, not even in the name of diversity. This book is a plea for a left wing that is united but capable of conflict. For a feminism that defends universal rights. And for a society that has the courage to endure contradictions without making women pay the price. Bremen University Press has published over 5,000 specialist books in various languages since 2005. January 2026