Abstract
At the heart of The Republic of Love are the voices of three musicians—queer nightclub star Zeki Müren, arabesk originator Orhan Gencebay, and pop diva Sezen Aksu—who collectively have dominated mass media in Turkey since the early 1950s. Their fame and ubiquity have made them national icons—but, Martin Stokes here contends, they do not represent the official version of Turkish identity propagated by anthems or flags; instead they evoke a much more intimate and ambivalent conception of Turkishness.
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | Chicago |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780226775067 |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 |
Keywords
- Ethnomusicology, cultural intimacy, Middle East