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The politics of culture in contemporary Turkey / edited by Pierre Hecker, Ivo Furman and Kaya Akyıldız.

Contributor(s): Hecker, Pierre [editor.] | Furman, Ivo [editor.] | Akyıldız, Kaya [editor.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Edinburgh studies on modern TurkeyPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Description: xxv, 340 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781474490283; 9781474490313; 9781474490306Subject(s): AK Parti (Turkey) | Turkey -- Cultural policy | Turkey -- Politics and government -- 1980- | Turkey -- Politics and government -- 21st centuryLOC classification: DR603 | .P65 2022
Contents:
Part I: Subcultures and the politics of lifestyles -- Part II: Satire and agitprop in "New Turkey" -- Part III: Civil society and the politics of gender -- Part IV: Mediating neo-ottomanism in popular culture -- Part V: "New Turkey's ethno-religious others.
Summary: Since coming to power, President Erdogan?s Justice and Development Party (AKP) have focused on narrating their vision of a ?New Turkey? ? an ideal that has resulted in the politicisation of popular culture and people?s everyday lives. Exposing the strategy of Turkey?s ruling elite to obtain cultural hegemony, this book examines the AKP?s efforts to rewrite Turkish public memory by promoting its ideas through TV series, movies, propaganda videos, school curricula and material culture in urban public spaces. It also explores the tactics of cultural resistance developed by the politically weak to counter the ruling elite?s dominant culture of pious conservatism.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books The BIAA David H. French Library
Shelf 63 - Reading Room 		H2p HECKE 32898 Not for loan BOOKS-000000027013

Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-328) and index.

Part I: Subcultures and the politics of lifestyles -- Part II: Satire and agitprop in "New Turkey" -- Part III: Civil society and the politics of gender -- Part IV: Mediating neo-ottomanism in popular culture -- Part V: "New Turkey's ethno-religious others.

Since coming to power, President Erdogan?s Justice and Development Party (AKP) have focused on narrating their vision of a ?New Turkey? ? an ideal that has resulted in the politicisation of popular culture and people?s everyday lives. Exposing the strategy of Turkey?s ruling elite to obtain cultural hegemony, this book examines the AKP?s efforts to rewrite Turkish public memory by promoting its ideas through TV series, movies, propaganda videos, school curricula and material culture in urban public spaces. It also explores the tactics of cultural resistance developed by the politically weak to counter the ruling elite?s dominant culture of pious conservatism.