Öncü, Ayşe (2011) Representing and consuming "the East" in cultural markets. New Perspectives on Turkey (SI), 45 . pp. 49-73. ISSN 0896-6346
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Abstract
"The East" is an exceptional territory identified with Kurdish ethnicity within the geographical boundaries of the Turkish nation. This paper focuses on a critical historical moment, circa 2000-2004, when the promise of peace in this region was coupled with the explosive growth of urban consumer markets, to bring into public circulation a host of commercialized images of "the East" and "Eastern people." It examines how "the East" became codified in popular television melodrama. It also tracks how "Eastern tourism" became incorporated into middle-class leisure practices. By juxtaposing television narratives and tourist narratives, it argues that the commodification in cultural markets both affirms its "exceptionalism" and challenges its taken-for-granted parameters.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Exceptional territories; cultural markets; television melodramas; tourist narratives; popular grammar |
Divisions: | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences > Academic programs > European Studies Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences > Academic programs > Political Science Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences > Academic programs > Cultural Studies |
Depositing User: | Ayşe Öncü |
Date Deposited: | 24 Jan 2012 10:18 |
Last Modified: | 26 Apr 2022 08:54 |
URI: | https://research.sabanciuniv.edu/id/eprint/18819 |