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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788434703321

Autore

Raw Laurence

Titolo

Exploring Turkish cultures : essays, interviews and reviews / / Laurence Raw

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K. : , : Cambridge Scholars, , 2011

ISBN

1-283-14213-9

1-4438-2758-4

9786613142139

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 402 pages)

Disciplina

306.09561

Soggetti

Turkish essays

Turkey Civilization

Turkey Social life and customs

Turkey History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Education, culture, politics -- pt. 2. Theatre -- pt. 3. Film.

Sommario/riassunto

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....