[ecrea] Turkish Cinema: How “Neo” Islamic Culture Influences Media

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> Turkish Cinema: How “Neo” Islamic Culture Influences Media (Tentative
> title, abstract submission till October 1, 2010)
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> We invite those who wish to collaborate in the implementation of this
> book coming from Cambridge Scholars Publishig to be published in the last
> quarter of 2011. We seek collaborations to explore the influence of Islam
> in popular culture.
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> This book aims to study the Islamic influence on Turkish media,
> especially on cinema. Turkey has a long tradition of secularism, where
> religion’s role was limited in the public arena already by the time of
> Kemal Atatürk. Since then Turkey sees itself as a “secular” state, but
> religious belief is still dominant in the cultural sphere. In Turkish
> movies, most of the traditions and rituals tend to be derived from the
> Islamic culture. Turning a critical eye on Turkish movies in Turkish
> cultural life, the book will examine the Turkish films against the
> backdrop of the country's overall socio-political development, starting
> from the beginning of the Turkish film industry. It will try to
> illustrate a broad array of themes; from gender relations to feminism,
> religion and popular ideas about sexuality and morality. Focusing on
> representations of religious minority, it will draw out issues such as
> the formation of the Turkish nation, Turkey’s political and social
> taboos, and how these effect cinematic stereotyping.
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> This volume concentrates on various approaches concerning the relation
> between Turkish cinema and religion, the traditions and rituals of Islam,
> the representation of Muslim women and of the non-Muslim minorities, and
> changes in the narratives and characters. This will be a comprehensive
> source on Turkish cinema in English; a milestone at a time when numerous
> disciplines have shown an increasing interest in new emerging Islamic
> popular culture.
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> The book is addressed to a wider public, but yet scholars such as
> advanced students will be more interested in this topic. For those who
> are interested in Turkey’s opinion about itself and for people who work
> in film studies, media studies, religious studies, gender studies and
> political sciences, who has an interest in Middle-Eastern studies as well
> as general world cinema enthusiasts. This study will mark an important
> contribution to international film studies while offering general readers
> an engrossing and informative perspective on some of the most popular
> films in Turkish cinema.
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> The topics for proposals include, but are not restricted to, the
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> The multi-cultural and multi-religious context in Turkish
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> Central concepts: culture, religion, secularism, media, and
> cinema
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> Theoretical framework
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> How Islamic culture influences media
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> Cultural Origins of Islamic cinema
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> Cultural and historical background of religious media
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> The emergence of Islam in Turkish cinema
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> Islamic cinema in socio-historical context
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> The evolution of the new Islamic cinema, how the characters shape what is
> the new story telling
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> Case studies of Turkish Islamic cinema
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> Case studies of ethnic and religious minority cinema in Turkey
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> Islam centred horror movies
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> Intimate relations / Representation of Muslim women / reframing women and
> marriage
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> Modernization period of Turkey
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> Representation of traditions, rituals, moral codes.
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> Representation of family relations
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> The politics of Islam
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> Populism in Islamic media
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> Everyday life culture
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> Narratives of cultural changes
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> Cinema and Islamic society
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> Alternative Movements
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> Neo-Islamic culture
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> Proposals can be submitted only in English,. The publication rules will
> be sent to authors. For any questions or suggestions, contact Asli
> Kotaman (<
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> mailto:(aslikotaman /at/ plato.edu.tr)
> >(aslikotaman /at/ plato.edu.tr)
>  ) and Önver Cetrez (<
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> mailto:(andreas_onver.cetrez /at/ teol.uu.se) >
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> (andreas_onver.cetrez /at/ teol.uu.se))
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> Submission of articles and proposals:
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> 1. An abstract of no more than 300 words may be in Word, WordPerfect or
> RTF, in this order:
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> a) Author (s), b) affiliation, c) email address, d) title of abstract, e)
> body of abstract. The document must be sent in Times New Roman 12.
> Refrain from using a special text format.
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> 2. Abstracts submission deadline: October 1, 2010. Acceptance will be
> notified before the end of October 2010.
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> 3. The final extension of the chapter shall be about 6000-8000 words,
> including bibliography (following Harvard Anglo-APA quotation system).
> This also must be submitted in Word, WordPerfect or RTF. The deadline for
> submitting papers is January 20, 2011.
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> 4. Doubts, proposals and complete chapters will be sent by email to Asli
> Kotaman (<mailto:
> (aslikotaman /at/ plato.edu.tr)
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> 5. The chapters will be reviewed by the editors of the volume.
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> Editors: Asli Kotaman, Önver Çetrez, Artun Avci.
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> Assist. Prof. Asli Kotaman Avci
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> Vice Director
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> Plato Higher Education
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