Abstract (eng)
For several years, an increasing discussion of ethnicity and migration has been observed in German-speaking cabaret. Thereby, clichés, prejudices, and stereotypes can be identified. The sociological interest of this master thesis is focused on these forms of (different) functions and strategies. In order to better understand this phenomenon, which has received limited attention in sociological research, cabaret performances by four cabaret artists living in Austria with different migration backgrounds or connections to ethnic minorities were interpreted by objective-hermeneutic fine-structure analysis. The stereotypes communicated in connection with ethnicity and migration are assumed to be flexible and changeable. The "letting speak" of imitated artistic figures enables the thematization of social problems as well as the breaking of rules and taboos, since disadvantaging or discriminating aspects can be directly addressed under the surface of an acting sequence. One strategy is "letting speak" in form of ethnolect. In doing so, stereotypical attributions with which ethnic groups are confronted become visible. Ethnicity and migration in the form of stereotypes often show in an exaggerated manner. Through an outrageous and inconsistent overdrawing as "overdoing culture", clichés and prejudices become recognizable as such, in order to be subsequently subjected to a reinterpretation or transcoding. The strategy of intentionally undoing and reversing ethnicity refers to the change or thematization of first and last names. By distancing oneself or repositioning oneself, relevance in connection with migration background is defused.