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Author Stokes, Martin.

Title The republic of love : cultural intimacy in Turkish popular music / Martin Stokes
Published Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 219 pages) : illustrations, map, music
Series Chicago studies in ethnomusicology
Chicago studies in ethnomusicology.
Contents Zeki Müren: sun of art, ideal citizen -- The affectionate modernism of Orhan Gencebay -- Why cry? Sezen Aksu's diva citizenship -- Three versions of "Beloved Istanbul."
Summary At the heart of The Republic of Love are the voices of three musicians -- queer nightclub star Zeki Muren, arabesk originator Orhan Gencebay, and pop diva Sezen Aksu -- who collectively have dominated mass media in Turkey since the early 1950s. Their fame and ubiquity have made them national icons -- but, Martin Stokes here contends, they do not represent the official version of Turkish identity propagated by anthems or flags; instead they evoke a much more intimate and ambivalent conception of Turkishness. Using these three singers as a lens, Stokes examines Turkeyʹs repressive politics and civil violence as well as its uncommonly vibrant public life in which music, art, literature, sports, and journalism have flourished. However, Stokesʹs primary concern is how Muren, Gencebay, and Aksuʹs music and careers can be understood in light of theories of cultural intimacy. In particular, he considers their contributions to the development of a Turkish concept of love, analyzing the ways these singers explore the private matters of intimacy, affection, and sentiment on the public stage. -- Publisher description
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-210), filmography (p. 211) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Müren, Zeki, 1931-1996.
Gencebay, Orhan.
Aksu, Sezen.
Yahya Kemal, 1884-1958. Aziz İstanbul.
Yahya Kemal, 1884-1958 -- Musical settings -- History and criticism
SUBJECT Aksu, Sezen fast
Gencebay, Orhan fast
Müren, Zeki, 1931-1996 fast
Yahya Kemal, 1884-1958 fast
Aziz İstanbul (Yahya Kemal) fast
Subject Popular music -- Turkey -- 20th century -- History and criticism
Songs, Turkish -- 20th century -- History and criticism
Singers -- Turkey
MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- International.
MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Pop Vocal.
MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- New Age.
Musical settings
Popular music
Singers
Songs, Turkish
Turkey
Genre/Form Electronic books
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2010007675
ISBN 9780226775074
0226775070
1282894803
9781282894808
0226775054
9780226775050