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The Republic of Love: Cultural Intimacy in Turkish Popular Music
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The Republic of Love: Cultural Intimacy in Turkish Popular Music Hardcover - 2010

by Martin Stokes


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At the heart of The Republic of Love are the voices of three musicians--queer nightclub star Zeki Mren, arabesk originator Orhan Gencebay, 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 Mren, Gencebay, and Aksu's music and careers 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 ways these singers explore the private matters of intimacy, affection, and sentiment on the public stage.

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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)
  • 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

About the author

Martin Stokes is University Lecturer in Ethnomusicology at Oxford University and a fellow of St John's College, Oxford.He is the author or editor of several books including The Arabesk Debate: Music and Musicians in Modern Turkey.
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