{"product_id":"arabs-in-turkish-political-cartoons-ilkim-bke-okyar-9780815638049","title":"Arabs in Turkish Political Cartoons, 1876-1950","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe emergence of Turkish nationalism prior to World War I opened the way for various ethnic, religious, and cultural stereotypes to link the notion of the \"Other\" to the concept of national identity. The founding elite took up a massive project of social engineering that now required the amplification of Turkishness as an essential concept of the new nation-state. The construction of Others served as a backdrop to the articulation of Turkishness -and for Turkey in many ways, the Arab in his keffiyeh and traditional garb constituted the ultimate Other. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this nuanced and richly detailed study, Ilkim B?e Okyar brings the everyday production of nationalist discourse into the mainstream political and historical narrative of modern Turkey. Okyar shifts the focus of inquiry from the abstract discourses of elite intellectuals to the visual rhetoric of popular culture, where Arabs as the non-national Others hold a front seat. Drawing upon previously neglected colloquial Turkish sources, Okyar challenges the notion that ethnoreligious stereotypes of Arabs are limited to the Western conception of the Other. She shows how the emergence of the printing press and the subsequent explosion of news media contributed to formulating the Arab as the binary opposite of the Turk. The book shows how the cartoon press became one of the most significant platforms in the construction, maintenance, and mobilization of Turkish nationalism through the perceived image of the Arab that was haunted forever by ethnic and religious origins.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ilkim B?e Okyar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0815638043\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815638049\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Syracuse University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/17\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2024","brand":"Ilkim B?e Okyar","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44079195947263,"sku":"9780815638049","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_775dd7af-7458-4dad-a0c9-10ba6c5b0cc2.jpg?v=1685479759","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/arabs-in-turkish-political-cartoons-ilkim-bke-okyar-9780815638049","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}