The Problem of Modernity and Identity in Turkey | Humorous Bodies/Carnal Modernity

Gökcen Ertu Rul

ISBN 10: 3639097874 / ISBN 13: 9783639097870

Published by VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2008

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The Problem of Modernity and Identity in Turkey | Humorous Bodies/Carnal Modernity | Gökcen Ertu Rul | Taschenbuch | Englisch | VDM Verlag Dr. Müller | EAN 9783639097870 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Problem of Modernity and Identity in Turkey | Humorous Bodies/Carnal Modernity
• Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3639097874
• ISBN 13: 9783639097870
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 14D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 14 millimeters depth
• Weight: 388 grams
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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