The Spectacle of Politics and Religion in the Contemporary Turkish Cinema

This book explores how politics, religion and cinema encounter and re-invent each other in contemporary Turkish cinema. It investigates their common origin-the spectacle, which each field views as an instrument of governmentality. The book analyses six recent internationally known Turkish films. Thw...

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Main Author: Thwaites Diken, Ebru (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Subjects:
Motion pictures and television.
Religion and sociology.
Religion and politics.
ISBN:9783319717005
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: Cinema, Politics and Religion
  • 2. The Messenger (Ulak)
  • 3. A Man's Fear of God (Takva)
  • 4. Let's Sin! (İtirazım Var)
  • 5. Sixty-One Days (İftarlık Gazoz)
  • 6. The Imam (The İmam)
  • 7. The Shadowless (Gölgesizler)
  • 8. Conclusion.

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