1. Definition
Foreignness emerges in thinking about people from elsewhere or perceiving them. People only become foreign where locals see them as “different” and classify them as alien. Foreignness is thus not a constant, but always relative and generally local. Where people are found to be “foreign” in their own homeland (Fatherland, motherland), this constitutes a special variant of foreignness (e.g. Jewish diaspora).
The relationship between the loc…