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Berghahn Books Torn Is the Curtain: Early Film Cultures in Istanbul: 3 (New Directions in Turkish Studies)

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Offering a feminist history of cinema at the edges of empire and the nation-state, this book explores how gender, class, and ethno-religious divisions were projected, performed, and entangled. It Focuses on the former Ottoman capital from the late nineteenth century to the early 1930s and investigates how cinema both reflected and shaped Istanbul’s complex social fabric. Drawing on a wide range of primary sources―including newspapers, trade records, consular reports, memoirs, novels, Islamic teachings, poems, shadow-play texts, and surviving silent films―it situates early cinematic experiences within the intersecting contexts of societal change, gender politics, and competing worldviews. The analysis reveals how religious and cultural practices, particularly the Alevi-Bektashi faith and the women’s movement, informed emerging notions of cinematic modernity and cross-cultural exchange in the region.

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Brand: Berghahn Books
Format: library
ASIN: 1836952635
Category: Books > Subjects > Arts & Photography > Film > History & Criticism
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 01 December 2025
Listed Since: 27 June 2025

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