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12/ Arabesk Culture A Case of Modernization and Popular Identity

  • Meral Özbek
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Rethinking Modernity and National Identity in Turkey
This chapter is in the book Rethinking Modernity and National Identity in Turkey
© 2011, University of Washington Press

© 2011, University of Washington Press

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Illustrations ix
  4. Acknowledgments xi
  5. 1 Introduction 1
  6. 2/ Kemalist Certainties and Modern Ambiguities 15
  7. 3/ Whither the Project of Modernity? Turkey in the 19905 37
  8. 4/ Modernization Policies and Islamist Politics in Turkey 52
  9. 5/ Projects as Methodology: Some Thoughts on Modern Turkish Social Science 64
  10. 6/ The Quest for the Islamic Self within the Context of Modernity 81
  11. 7/ The Project of Modernity and Women in Turkey 95
  12. 8/ Gendering the Modern: On Missing Dimensions in the Study of Turkish Modernity 113
  13. 9/ The Predicament of Modernism: in Turkish Architectural Culture An Overview 133
  14. 10/ Once There Was, Once There Wasn't: National Monuments and Interpersonal Exchange 157
  15. 11/ Silent Interruptions: Urban Encounters with Rural Turkey 192
  16. 12/ Arabesk Culture A Case of Modernization and Popular Identity 211
  17. 13/ The Turkish Option in Comparative Perspective 233
  18. 14/ Modernizing Projects in Middle Eastern Perspective 245
  19. 15/ Finding the Meeting Ground of Fact and Fiction: Some Reflections on Turkish Modernization 252
  20. Contributors 261
  21. Index 264
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780295800189-014

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Illustrations ix
  4. Acknowledgments xi
  5. 1 Introduction 1
  6. 2/ Kemalist Certainties and Modern Ambiguities 15
  7. 3/ Whither the Project of Modernity? Turkey in the 19905 37
  8. 4/ Modernization Policies and Islamist Politics in Turkey 52
  9. 5/ Projects as Methodology: Some Thoughts on Modern Turkish Social Science 64
  10. 6/ The Quest for the Islamic Self within the Context of Modernity 81
  11. 7/ The Project of Modernity and Women in Turkey 95
  12. 8/ Gendering the Modern: On Missing Dimensions in the Study of Turkish Modernity 113
  13. 9/ The Predicament of Modernism: in Turkish Architectural Culture An Overview 133
  14. 10/ Once There Was, Once There Wasn't: National Monuments and Interpersonal Exchange 157
  15. 11/ Silent Interruptions: Urban Encounters with Rural Turkey 192
  16. 12/ Arabesk Culture A Case of Modernization and Popular Identity 211
  17. 13/ The Turkish Option in Comparative Perspective 233
  18. 14/ Modernizing Projects in Middle Eastern Perspective 245
  19. 15/ Finding the Meeting Ground of Fact and Fiction: Some Reflections on Turkish Modernization 252
  20. Contributors 261
  21. Index 264
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