{"product_id":"streets-of-memory-amy-mills-9780820335735","title":"Streets of Memory: Landscape, Tolerance, and National Identity in Istanbul","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this study of Kuzguncuk, known as one of Istanbul's historically most tolerant, multiethnic neighborhoods, Amy Mills is animated by a single question: what does it mean to live in a place that once was--but no longer is--ethnically and religiously diverse? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Turkification\" drove out most of Kuzguncuk's minority Greeks, Armenians, and Jews in the mid-twentieth century, but they left behind potent vestiges of their presence in the cityscape. Mills analyzes these places in a street-by-street ethnographic tour. She looks at how memory is conveyed and contested in Kuzguncuk's built environment, whether through the popular television programs filmed on location there or in the cross-class alliance that sprung up to advocate the preservation of an old market garden. Overall, she finds that the neighborhood's landscape not only connotes feelings of \"belonging and familiarity\" connected to a \"narrative of historic multiethnic harmony\" but also makes these ideas appear to be uncontestably real, or true. The resulting nostalgia bolsters a version of Turkish nationalism that seems cosmopolitan and benign. This study of memories of interethnic relationships in a local place examines why the cultural memory of tolerance has become so popular and raises questions regarding the nature and meaning of cosmopolitanism in the contemporary Middle East. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA major contribution to urban studies, human geography, and Middle East studies, \u003ci\u003eStreets of Memory \u003c\/i\u003eis imbued with a sense of genuine connection to Istanbul and the people who live there.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amy Mills\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820335738\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820335735\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/18\/2011 pg. 37","brand":"Amy Mills","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44120343085311,"sku":"9780820335735","price":120.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b5fd06c2-2460-4fab-ac99-f57d55798f74.jpg?v=1687413811","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/streets-of-memory-amy-mills-9780820335735","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}