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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825193503321

Autore

Dönmez-Colin Gönül

Titolo

Turkish cinema [[electronic resource] ] : identity, distance and belonging / / Gönül Dönmez-Colin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Reaktion Books, 2008

ISBN

1-282-79587-2

9786612795879

1-86189-583-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 p.)

Disciplina

791.4309561

Soggetti

Motion pictures - Turkey

Performing arts - Turkey

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

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

Sommario/riassunto

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