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Zusatztext "As diverse and multifaceted as the city itself...a book worthy of scholarly attention." - Urban Studies Informationen zum Autor Deniz Göktürk is Associate Professor, German and Film Departments, University of California, Berkeley. Levent Soysal is Associate Professor of Anthropology, Department of Radio, Television, and Cinema, Kadir Has University, Istanbul. Ipek Türeli is Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of History of Art and Architecture, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Zusammenfassung An interdisciplinary study of an iconic city, a city facing conflicting social, political and cultural pressures in its search for a place in Europe and on the world stage in the twenty-first century. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part 1: Paths to Globalization 1. Istanbul into the Twenty-First Century 2. The Soul of a City: Hüzün, Keyif, Longing Part 2: Heritage and Regeneration Debates 3. Challenging the Neoliberal Urban Regime: Regeneration and Resistance in Basibüyük and Tarlabasi 4. Contestations over a Living Heritage Site: The Case of Büyük Valide Han 5. Practices of Neo-Ottomanism: Making Space and Place Virtuous in Istanbul 6. Modelling Citizenship in Turkey’s Miniature Park Part 3: The Mediatized City 7. The Spectator in the Making: Modernity and Cinema in Istanbul 1896-1928 8. Istanbul through Migrants’ Eyes 9. Istanbul Convertible: A Magic Carpet Ride through Genres 10. Projecting Polyphony: Moving Images, Travelling Sounds Part 4: Art in the City 11. Optimism Reconsidered: Curator Hou Hanru interviewed by Nilgün Bayraktar 12. Art in Istanbul: Contemporary Spectacles and History Revisited 13. The Politics of Urban Arts Events: A Comparison of Istanbul and Berlin Part 5: A European Capital? 14. The European Capital of Culture Programme and Istanbul 2010 15. Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture: Towards a Participatory Culture? 16. Counting as European: Jews and the Politics of Presence in Istanbul 18. Future(s) of the City: Istanbul for the New Century. Epilogue: Cultural Politics in the Kaleidoscope ...
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An interdisciplinary study of an iconic city, a city facing conflicting social, political and cultural pressures in its search for a place in Europe and on the world stage in the twenty-first century.
