Screen LibraryTurkish cinema：identity, distance and belonging
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Reaktion Books,
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| Publisher Address: | London |
| Publication Dates: | 2008. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | 268 p.: ill. ; 20 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781861893703 (pbk.) 1861893701 (pbk.) |
| Index Number: | J909 |
| CLC: | J909.374 |
| Call Number: | J909.374/D684 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. In search of identity -- Migration, dis/misplacement and exile -- Denied identities -- Yilmaz Güney -- Gender, sexuality and morals in transition -- A modern identity or identity in a modern world. "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 ... |