| Exploring Turkish Cultures: Essays, Interviews and Reviews Contributor(s): Raw, Laurence (Author) |
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ISBN: 1443826391 ISBN-13: 9781443826396 Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing OUR PRICE: $84.10 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - General - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 306.09 |
| LCCN: 2010671337 |
| Physical Information: 410 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This groundbreaking series of essays offers new insights into Turkish cultures both past and present. Moving beyond the traditional binaries of east/west, Islam/secularism, and Europe/Asia, the book contains a variety of perspectives on contemporary Turkey, from actors, directors, critics and other major cultural figures. The book tries to situate these opinions in context by looking at how such perspectives are employed in different cultural spheres-education, theatre, politics and the like. Exploring Turkish Cultures contains the first major interviews published in English with prominent public figures, including actors Turkan Soray, Genco Erkal and Nesrin Kazankaya. Other figures interviewed include film directors Dervis Zaim and documentary filmmakers Ben Hopkins, Pelin Esmer and Ozgur Dogan. An extended interview with the author, translator and academic Talat Halman rounds off the interview section. Complementing these interviews are a series of essays on major Turkish films and theatrical productions, both past and present. Combining historical analysis, comment and evaluation from an author who has spent two decades living in Turkey, Exploring Turkish Cultures represents a major contribution to contemporary Turkish studies. |