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

Balan, Canan

Berghahn Books（2025/12発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 234 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781836952633
• DDC分類 796.430949618

Full Description

Between the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, Istanbul witnessed a cinematic revolution that carried profound implications for the way ideas of identity, nation, and gender were conceived. Re-examining film's potential as both an artistic and ideological discipline, Torn is the Curtain interrogates the relationship between early film cultures and ideas of social transformation, highlighting how emergent ideas of post-colonialism, Orientalism, and feminism impacted Turkish film aesthetics. Consequently, this volume highlights how early cinema culture was not only shaped by ever-changing religious and cultural forces, but did itself shape contemporary debates about identity and cross-cultural exchange.

Contents

List of Tables

Acknowledgements

Introduction: To Draw the Curtain

Chapter 1. The Ottoman Polity, Urban Spectatorship and the Pre-Cinematic Gaze

Chapter 2. A New Show in the City, 1896-1914

Chapter 3. The Great War, Occupation and Dressing the Spectators as Women, 1914-1923

Chapter 4. Ambivalence and the New Nation State

Conclusion: Tears (and Stitches) in the Curtain

Bibliography

Index