Istanbul : between the global and the local

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Istanbul : between the global and the local

edited by Çağlar Keyder

Rowman & Littlefield, c1999

  • : cl
  • : pa

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: cl ISBN 9780847694945

Description

This groundbreaking volume investigates the processes of globalization in one of the oldest and grandest of world cities. Istanbul usually is identified as a battleground between East and West, Islam and secularism. Yet the authors argue that beyond these cliches lies a complex reality as Istanbulites simultaneously try to accommodate, understand, challenge, and shape the sweeping transformations that globalization has brought to their city. Explaining the course of the conflicts and the compromises involved in maintaining a precarious urbanity, this theoretically informed volume focuses on fields of struggle ranging from politics to heritage, humor to music, public space to housing.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The Setting Chapter 3 Culture and Politics of Identity Chapter 4 Who Owns the Old Quarters? Rewriting Histories of the Global Era Chapter 5 Istanbul of the Conqueror: The "Alternative Global City" Dreams of Political Islam Chapter 6 The Historical Construction of "Local Culture": Politics of Islamist versus Secularist Identity Chapter 7 Islamic Chic Chapter 8 Contested Positions Chapter 9 Istanbulities and Others: The Cultural Cosmology of Being Middle Class in the Era of Globalism Chapter 10 Sounding Out: The Culture Industries and the Globalization of Istanbul Chapter 11 Negotiating Space Chapter 12 The Housing Market from Informal to Global Chapter 13 Where Do You Hail From? Localism and Networks in Istanbul Chapter 14 A Tale of Two Neighborhoods Chapter 15 Synopsis
Volume

: pa ISBN 9780847694952

Description

This groundbreaking volume investigates the processes of globalization in one of the oldest and grandest of world cities. Istanbul usually is identified as a battleground between East and West, Islam and secularism. Yet the authors argue that beyond these clichZs lies a complex reality as Istanbulites simultaneously try to accommodate, understand, challenge, and shape the sweeping transformations that globalization has brought to their city. Explaining the course of the conflicts and the compromises involved in maintaining a precarious urbanity, this theoretically informed volume focuses on fields of struggle ranging from politics to heritage, humor to music, public space to housing.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The Setting Chapter 3 Culture and Politics of Identity Chapter 4 Who Owns the Old Quarters? Rewriting Histories of the Global Era Chapter 5 Istanbul of the Conqueror: The "Alternative Global City" Dreams of Political Islam Chapter 6 The Historical Construction of "Local Culture": Politics of Islamist versus Secularist Identity Chapter 7 Islamic Chic Chapter 8 Contested Positions Chapter 9 Istanbulities and Others: The Cultural Cosmology of Being Middle Class in the Era of Globalism Chapter 10 Sounding Out: The Culture Industries and the Globalization of Istanbul Chapter 11 Negotiating Space Chapter 12 The Housing Market from Informal to Global Chapter 13 Where Do You Hail From? Localism and Networks in Istanbul Chapter 14 A Tale of Two Neighborhoods Chapter 15 Synopsis

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  • NCID
    BA44704365
  • ISBN
    • 0847694941
    • 084769495X
  • LCCN
    99020624
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Lanham, Md.
  • Pages/Volumes
    vii, 201 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
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