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The Republic of Love: Cultural Intimacy in Turkish Popular Music Hardcover - 2010
by Martin Stokes
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- Title The Republic of Love: Cultural Intimacy in Turkish Popular Music
- Author Martin Stokes
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Chicago Press
- Date 2010-10
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780226775050 / 0226775054
- Weight 0.94 lbs (0.43 kg)
- Dimensions 9.29 x 6.06 x 0.69 in (23.60 x 15.39 x 1.75 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
- Library of Congress subjects Popular music - Turkey - 20th century -, Songs, Turkish - 20th century - History and
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010007675
- Dewey Decimal Code 781.630
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New. At the heart of "The Republic of Love" are the voices of three musicians - queer nightclub star Zeki Muren, arabesk originator Orhan Genc, and pop diva Sezen Aksu - who collectively have dominated mass media in Turkey since the early 1950s. Their fame and ubiquity have made them national icons - but, Martin Stokes here contends, they do not represent the official version of Turkish identity propagated by anthems or flags; instead, they evoke a much more intimate and ambivalent conception of Turkishness. Using these three singers as a lens, Stokes examines Turkey's repressive politics and civil violence as well as its uncommonly vibrant public life, in which music, art, literature, sports, and journalism have flourished. However, Stokes's primary concern is how the music and careers of Muren, Genc, and Aksu can be understood in light of theories of cultural intimacy. In particular, he considers their contributions to the development of a Turkish concept of love, analyzing the…
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Univ of Chicago Pr, 2010. Hardcover. New. 219 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches.
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