Multiculturalism or Euroculturalism? “Nomadism,” “Passing,” and “the West and the Rest” in German-ItalianSolino

Abstract

This essay analyzes Fatih Akin's German–Italian drama Solino (2002) as it depicts the phenomena of transnational European identity (with special emphasis on gender), homeplace, and multiculturalism in the era of globalization and ongoing migration. Specifically, this work illustrates how Akin's cinematographic narrative confirms German and Italian Eurocentricity and its well‐established system of values as pivotal criteria for currently particularly relevant European multiculturalism. Using the Eurocentric lens of interpretation of globalization, migration, and negotiation of “self,” “other,” “home,” “passing,” and “be‐longing,” this essay critically analyzes the drama Solino as a cultural and political text.