{"product_id":"9781861893703","title":"Turkish Cinema: Identity, Distance and Belonging","description":"\u003cp\u003eFilms often act as a prism that refracts the issues facing a nation, and Turkish cinema in particular serves to encapsulate the cultural and social turmoil of modern-day Turkey. Acclaimed film scholar Gönül Dönmez-Colin examines here the way that national cinema reveals the Turkish quest for a modern identity.\u003cbr\u003eMarked by continually shifting ethnic demographics, politics, and geographic borders, Turkish society struggles to reconcile modern attitudes with traditional morals and centuries-old customs. Dönmez-Colin examines how contemporary Turkish filmmakers address this struggle in their cinematic works, positing that their films revolve around ideas of migration and exile, and give voice to previously subsumed “denied identities” such as that of the Kurds. \u003ci\u003eTurkish Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e also crucially examines how these films confront taboo subjects such as homosexuality, incest, and honor killings, issues that have only become viable subjects of discussion in the new generation of Turkish citizens.\u003cbr\u003eA deftly written and thought-provoking study, \u003ci\u003eTurkish Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e will be invaluable for scholars of Middle East studies and cinephiles alike.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Reaktion Books, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47039474598128,"sku":"9781861893703","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781861893703_p0.jpg?v=1763600880","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781861893703","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}