Modernity, Islam, and Secularism in Turkey : Bodies, Places, and Time.
Title:
Modernity, Islam, and Secularism in Turkey : Bodies, Places, and Time.
Author:
Çinar, Alev.
ISBN:
9780816696321
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (209 pages)
Series:
Public Worlds ; v.v. 14
Public Worlds
Contents:
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Performative Politics and the Public Gaze -- 2 Clothing the National Body: Islamic Veiling and Secular Unveiling -- 3 Cities, Squares, and Statues: The Use of Public Space in the Making of the Nation -- 4 Performing the Nation: Public Contestations of National History -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
Abstract:
Alev Çinar's examination of contemporary Turkey, which stands at the threshold of East and West, of religious and secular nationalism, explores modernity through daily practices and the social construction of identity and political agency in relation to nationalism, secularism, and Islam. Using local details and debates-including an intriguing discussion of veiling-Çinar reveals modernity as a transformative intervention in bodies, places, and times.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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