12 color illustrations. Migration and postcolonial criticism. Contemporary diagnoses and critiques against the backdrop of Europe's colonial history and current migration regimes. Can the debate on postcolonial criticism be applied to the German context, or is it simply irrelevant? This question is answered quite inconsistently in the present volume. In addition to texts that attempt to implement concepts of postcolonial discourse, there are also texts that partially or entirely question and transcend the framework of postcolonial theory formation. Thus, this volume does not present a uniform position on postcolonial theory but provides insight into the range of discussions and practices surrounding postcoloniality in the German-speaking context. Above all, the volume highlights the impacts that postcolonial concepts have on understanding and transformation.