Modernity, Islam, and secularism in Turkey : bodies, places, and time / Alev Cinar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cinar, Alev.

Series:

Public worlds ; v. 14.

Public worlds ; v. 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam and secularism--Turkey.

Islam and secularism.

Islam and state--Turkey.

Islam and state.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 199 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, Minn. : University of Minnesota Press ; Bristol : University Presses Marketing [distributor], c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Alev Çinar's examination of contemporary Turkey, which stands at the threshold of East and West, of religious and secular nationalism, explores modernity through daily practices and the social construction of identity and political agency in relation to nationalism, secularism, and Islam. Using local details and debates-including an intriguing discussion of veiling-Çinar reveals modernity as a transformative intervention in bodies, places, and times.

Contents:

Introduction

Performative politics and the public gaze

Clothing the national body: Islamic veiling and secular unveiling

Cities, squares and statues: the use of public space in the making of the nation

Performing the nation: public contestations of national history

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-9632-2

OCLC:

476095682