Atatürk on Screen
«Atatürk on Screenis the first book worldwide on the evolution of the public image of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey. This well-crafted study also helps us better understand the complex and eclectic early Republican program of state formation, nation-building, and Westernization.»
M. Sükrü Hanioglu, Garrett Professor in Foreign Affairs and Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Princ
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was not widely known when he led the national resistance movement in Anatolia in 1919. However, the effort and attention that his government devoted to the creation of his public image gradually turned him into a superhuman figure in the eyes of many. Les mer
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Atatürk on Screen uncovers various film archives to reveal the significant, albeit paradoxical, role of film during this period. Enis Dinç shows that while film-making was crucial for the creation of Atatürk’s public image and the presentation of Turkey’s new modern image to the world, it also posed risks as it could be re-used, re-edited and re-framed for the purposes of counter-propaganda. The main analysis in the book is of the film footage itself, including rare contemporary cinematic sources which have never received comprehensive analysis before. The book also makes use of other primary sources such as letters, memoirs, newspapers, reports, newsletters and production files, providing readers with a multi-layered account of the period.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- I.B. Tauris
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 256
- ISBN
- 9781788312257
- Utgivelsesår
- 2020
- Format
- 23 x 16 cm
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«Atatürk on Screenis the first book worldwide on the evolution of the public image of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey. This well-crafted study also helps us better understand the complex and eclectic early Republican program of state formation, nation-building, and Westernization.»
M. Sükrü Hanioglu, Garrett Professor in Foreign Affairs and Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Princ
«This highly original study, based on unique sources, relates the history of early Turkish cinema to the public self-styling of Atatürk, thus interrogating the foundational myth of modern Turkey. »
Frank van Vree, Professor of History of War, Conflict and Memory, University of Amsterdam, and Direc