| Aesthetics of Displacement: Turkey and Its Minorities on Screen Contributor(s): Koksal, Ozlem (Author) |
|
 |
ISBN: 1501320181 ISBN-13: 9781501320187 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $51.43 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - Social Science | Minority Studies |
| Dewey: 791.436 |
| Series: Topics and Issues in National Cinema |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 6" W x 9" (0.74 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Displacement does not only have an effect on groups' and individuals' ways of relating to their identity and their past but the knowledge and experience of it also has an impact on its representation. Looking at films that represent the experience of displacement in relation to Turkey's minorities, Aesthetics of Displacement argues that there is a particular aesthetic continuity among the otherwise unrelated films. Ozlem Koksal focuses on films that bring taboo issues concerning the repression of minorities into visibility, arguing that the changing political and social conditions determine not only the types of stories told but also the ways in which these stories are told. Focusing on aesthetic and narrative continuities, the films discussed include Ararat, Waiting for the Clouds and Once Upon a Time in Anatolia among others. Each film is examined in light of major historical event(s) and their context (political and social) as well as the impact these events had on the construction of both minority and Turkish identity. |
Contributor Bio(s): Koksal, Ozlem: - Özlem Köksal is Lecturer in Film Television and Moving Image at the University of Westminster, UK. Her research focuses on memory and its representation in visual culture. She has published both in English and in Turkish on the subject and is the editor of World Film Locations: Istanbul. |