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Turkish cinema : identity, distance and belonging / Gonul Donmez-Colin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dönmez-Colin, Gönül.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion pictures--Turkey.
- Motion pictures.
- Performing arts--Turkey.
- Performing arts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (274 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Reaktion Books, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Films often act as a prism that refracts the issues facing a nation, and Turkish cinema in particular serves to encapsulate the cultural and social turmoil of modern-day Turkey. Acclaimed film scholar Gönül Dönmez-Colin examines here the way that national cinema reveals the Turkish quest for a modern identity.Marked by continually shifting ethnic demographics, politics, and geographic borders, Turkish society struggles to reconcile modern attitudes with traditional morals and centuries-old customs. Dönmez-Colin examines how contemporary Turkish filmmakers address this
- Contents:
- TURKISH CINEMA Cover; Imprint page; Contents; Introduction; 1 In Search of Identity; 2 Migration, Dis/Misplacement and Exile; 3 Denied Identities; 4. Yilmaz Guney; 5 Gender, Sexuality and Morals in Transition; 6 A Modern Identity or Identity in a Modern World; Afterword; Film Credits; References; Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612795879
- 9781282795877
- 1282795872
- 9781861895837
- 1861895836
- OCLC:
- 671656114
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