The Problem of Modernity and Identity in Turkey: Humorous Bodies/Carnal Modernity - Tapa blanda

ERTU?RUL, GÖKÇEN

 
9783639097870: The Problem of Modernity and Identity in Turkey: Humorous Bodies/Carnal Modernity
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ISBN 10: 3639097874 ISBN 13: 9783639097870
Editorial: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2008

Sinopsis

What does a study of modernity, not from the point of view of official or ?high? discourses or from the ?real? conditions, but from the point of view of ?carnivalesque? forms of popular culture tell us? How do the representations in ?low? discourses articulate the power relations taken place in modern urban space? Humour magazines in Turkey, far from being just an escapist form of entertainment, have a long history and almost always politically charged. A study of popular humour magazines in Turkey shows us both how the official-dominant discourses are demystified and subverted but also the way the power struggles operate through tastes, sexualities and gendered bodies. This study through an analysis of the representations of a popular humour magazine in the early 1990's context, shows that under the main overriding theme of the duality of ?essence? and ?appearance?, ?modernity? is signified as a masquerade and a stake in the power struggles. And bodies, sexuality and masculinity become the nodal points and main spaces through which not only of identity struggles of the social groups but also of Turkish nation are represented.

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Reseña del editor

What does a study of modernity, not from the point of view of official or "high" discourses or from the "real" conditions, but from the point of view of "carnivalesque" forms of popular culture tell us? How do the representations in "low" discourses articulate the power relations taken place in modern urban space? Humour magazines in Turkey, far from being just an escapist form of entertainment, have a long history and almost always politically charged. A study of popular humour magazines in Turkey shows us both how the official-dominant discourses are demystified and subverted but also the way the power struggles operate through tastes, sexualities and gendered bodies. This study through an analysis of the representations of a popular humour magazine in the early 1990's context, shows that under the main overriding theme of the duality of "essence" and "appearance", "modernity" is signified as a masquerade and a stake in the power struggles. And bodies, sexuality and masculinity become the nodal points and main spaces through which not only of identity struggles of the social groups but also of Turkish nation are represented.

Biografía del autor

Gökçen Ertu?rul is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Mu?la, Turkey.

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Editorial
VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
Año de publicación
2008
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
3639097874
ISBN 13 
9783639097870
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Número de páginas
284
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