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The Politics of Culture in Turkey, Greece & Cyprus - Performing the Left Since the Sixties (Paperback)
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The Politics of Culture in Turkey, Greece & Cyprus - Performing the Left Since the Sixties (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Advances in Mediterranean Studies
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Performing a political identity usually involves more than just
casting a vote. For Left-wingers in Turkey, Greece and Cyprus -
countries that emerged as the only non-socialist constituents of
South-eastern Europe after WWII - political preference meant
immersion to distinct ways of life, to 'cultures': in times of
dictatorship or persecution, the desire to find alternative ways to
express themselves gave content to these cultures. In times of
political normality, it was the echoes of such memories of
precarity and loss that took the lead. This book explores the
intersection between the politics and cultures of the Left since
the sixties in Turkey, Greece and Cyprus. With the use of 12 case
studies, the contributors expose the moments in which the Left has
been claimed and performed, not only through political manifestos
and traditional political boundaries, but also through corporeal
acts, discursive practices and affective encounters. These are all
transformed into distinct modalities of everyday life and conduct,
which are commemorated, narrated or sung, versed, painted, or
captured in photographic images and on reels of tape. By focusing
on culture and performance, this book highlights the complex link
between nationalism and internationalism in left-wing cultures, and
illuminates the entanglements between the ways in which
left-wingers experienced transitions from dictatorship to democracy
and vice versa. As the first book to analyse cultures and
performances of the Left in the three countries, The Politics of
Culture in Turkey, Greece and Cyprus causes a rethinking of the
boundaries of political practice and fosters new understandings of
the formation of diverse expressions of the Left. As such, it will
be a valuable resource for students and scholars of cultural and
social anthropology, modern European history and political science.
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