Istanbul, City of the Fearless (Paperback)

Christopher Houston

ISBN 10: 0520343204 / ISBN 13: 9780520343207

Published by University of California Press, Berkerley, 2020

About this Item

Paperback. Based on extensive field research in Turkey, Istanbul, City of the Fearless explores social movements and the broader practices of civil society in Istanbul in the critical years before and after the 1980 military coup, the defining event in the neoliberal reengineering of the city. Bringing together developments in anthropology, urban studies, cultural geography, and social theory, Christopher Houston offers new insights into the meaning and study of urban violence, military rule, activism and spatial tactics, relations between political factions and ideologies, and political memory and commemoration. This book is both a social history and an anthropological study, investigating how activist practices and the coup not only contributed to the globalization of Istanbul beginning in the 1980s but also exerted their force and influence into the future. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Seller Inventory # 9780520343207

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Istanbul, City of the Fearless (Paperback)
• Publisher: University of California Press, Berkerley
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520343204
• ISBN 13: 9780520343207
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

About this title

Synopsis

Based on extensive field research in Turkey, Istanbul, City of the Fearless explores social movements and the broader practices of civil society in Istanbul in the critical years before and after the 1980 military coup, the defining event in the neoliberal reengineering of the city. Bringing together developments in anthropology, urban studies, cultural geography, and social theory, Christopher Houston offers new insights into the meaning and study of urban violence, military rule, activism and spatial tactics, relations between political factions and ideologies, and political memory and commemoration. This book is both a social history and an anthropological study, investigating how activist practices and the coup not only contributed to the globalization of Istanbul beginning in the 1980s but also exerted their force and influence into the future.

About the Author

Christopher Houston is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Macquarie University in Sydney. He is the author of Kurdistan: Crafting of National Selves and Islam, Kurds and the Turkish Nation-State.