Cross-dressing in Turkish Cinema
Title | Cross-dressing in Turkish Cinema PDF eBook |
Author | Burcu Dabak |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 216 |
Release | 2021-05-06 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 0755634233 |
As in western cinema, cross-dressing is a recurrent theme in Turkish film. But what do these films, whose characters typically cross-dress in order to escape enemies or other threats, tell us about the modern history of the Turkish Republic? This book examines cross-dressing in Turkish films in the context of formative events in modern Turkish political history, arguing that this trope coincides with and is illustrative of trauma induced by Turkey's multiple coup d'etats, periods of authoritarianism, enforced secularism and 'modernization'. Burcu Dabak Ozdemir analyses five case study films wherein she reveals that cross-dressing characters are able to escape persecutors and surveillance - key instruments of oppression during Turkey's coups. She shows how cross-dressing in the films examined become a destabilising force, a form of implicit resistance against state power, both political and in terms of binaries of gender and identity, and a means to register moments of national trauma. The book historicises the concept of cross-dressing in modern Turkey by examining what the author argues is a formative trauma worked through in the films examined: the westernization policies of the Kemalist regime whose most immediate symbolic presence was worn - the enforced adoption of western dress by citizens. Of interest to scholars of gender, queer, film and trauma studies, the book will also appeal to students and scholars of contemporary Turkish culture and society.
Cross-dressing in Turkish Cinema
Title | Cross-dressing in Turkish Cinema PDF eBook |
Author | Burcu Dabak |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 217 |
Release | 2021-05-06 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0755634241 |
As in western cinema, cross-dressing is a recurrent theme in Turkish film. But what do these films, whose characters typically cross-dress in order to escape enemies or other threats, tell us about the modern history of the Turkish Republic? This book examines cross-dressing in Turkish films in the context of formative events in modern Turkish political history, arguing that this trope coincides with and is illustrative of trauma induced by Turkey's multiple coup d'etats, periods of authoritarianism, enforced secularism and 'modernization'. Burcu Dabak Ozdemir analyses five case study films wherein she reveals that cross-dressing characters are able to escape persecutors and surveillance - key instruments of oppression during Turkey's coups. She shows how cross-dressing in the films examined become a destabilising force, a form of implicit resistance against state power, both political and in terms of binaries of gender and identity, and a means to register moments of national trauma. The book historicises the concept of cross-dressing in modern Turkey by examining what the author argues is a formative trauma worked through in the films examined: the westernization policies of the Kemalist regime whose most immediate symbolic presence was worn - the enforced adoption of western dress by citizens. Of interest to scholars of gender, queer, film and trauma studies, the book will also appeal to students and scholars of contemporary Turkish culture and society.
Being a Tourist in the Geographies of Power
Title | Being a Tourist in the Geographies of Power PDF eBook |
Author | Burcu Dabak |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2018 |
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Into the Closet
Title | Into the Closet PDF eBook |
Author | Victoria Flanagan |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 269 |
Release | 2013-08-21 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1136777288 |
Into the Closet examines the representation of cross-dressing in a wide variety of children’s fiction, ranging from picture books and junior fiction to teen films and novels for young adults. It provides a comprehensive analysis of the different types of cross-dressing found in children’s narratives, raising a number of significant issues relating to the ideological construction of masculinity and femininity in books for younger readers. Many literary and cultural critics have studied the cultural significance of adult cross-dressing, yet although cross-dressing representations are plentiful in children’s literature and film, very little critical attention has been paid to this subject to date. Into the Closet fills this critical gap. Cross-dressing demonstrates how gender is symbolically constructed through various items of clothing and apparel. It also has the ability to deconstruct notions of problematizing the relationship between sex and gender. Into the Closet is an important book for academics, teachers, and parents because it demonstrates how cross-dressing, rather than being taboo, is frequently used in children’s literature and film as a strategy to educate (or enculturate) children about gender.
Imitation of Life
Title | Imitation of Life PDF eBook |
Author | Ahmet Gürata |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2021 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9783960347972 |
Time Out Film Guide
Title | Time Out Film Guide PDF eBook |
Author | John Pym |
Publisher | Time Out Guides |
Pages | 1490 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 9780140289473 |
From "TimeOut" magazine comes this ninth edition of its film guide that features stills and information on the films covered in the pages of the magazine.
Time Out Film Guide
Title | Time Out Film Guide PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1638 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Motion picture producers and directors |
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