Social Trauma and Telecinematic Memory [electronic resource] : Imagining the Turkish Nation since the 1980 Coup /
Başcı, Pelin.author.
This book explores responses to authoritarianism in Turkish society through popular culture by examining feature films and television serials produced between 1980 and 2010 about the 1980 coup. Envisioned as an interdisciplinary study in cultural studies rather than a disciplinary work on cinema, the book advocates for an understanding of popular culture in discerning emerging narratives of nationhood. Through feature films and television serials directly dealing with the coup of 1980, the book exposes tropes and discursive continuities such as “childhood” and “the child”. It argues that these conventional tropes enable popular debates on the modern nation’s history and its myths of identity. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Framing the 1980 Coup Films as a Cultural and Cinematographic Discourse -- Chapter 3: The Search for a Pre-Traumatized Childhood -- Chapter 4: Films of Trauma Unfolding: Confinement -- Chapter 5: Films of Trauma Unfolding: Disorientation and Loss -- Chapter 6: Locating Innocence: The Embroidered Rose on My Scarf -- Chapter 7: Television Searches Deeper and Farther: Remember, My Darling -- Chapter 8: The Impossibility of Forgetting: WouldThis Heart Forget You? -- Chapter 9: Conclusion.
This book explores responses to authoritarianism in Turkish society through popular culture by examining feature films and television serials produced between 1980 and 2010 about the 1980 coup. Envisioned as an interdisciplinary study in cultural studies rather than a disciplinary work on cinema, the book advocates for an understanding of popular culture in discerning emerging narratives of nationhood. Through feature films and television serials directly dealing with the coup of 1980, the book exposes tropes and discursive continuities such as “childhood” and “the child”. It argues that these conventional tropes enable popular debates on the modern nation’s history and its myths of identity. .
Ethnology-Europe.
Motion pictures-European influen.
Cultural heritage.
Cultural policy.
Popular Culture.
Ethnology-Middle East .
European Culture.
European Cinema and TV.
Cultural Heritage.
Cultural Policy and Politics.
Popular Culture .
Middle Eastern Culture.