Queer Turkey: Transnational Poetics of Desire J Poole Ralph
Queer Turkey: Transnational Poetics of Desire J Poole Ralph Before Erdogan's repressive politics took hold, queer cultures were more visible than ever in Turkey. Based on his experience in Istanbul,…
Specifikacia Queer Turkey: Transnational Poetics of Desire J Poole Ralph
Queer Turkey: Transnational Poetics of Desire J Poole Ralph
Before Erdogan's repressive politics took hold, queer cultures were more visible than ever in Turkey. Based on his experience in Istanbul, Ralph J. Queer Turkey offers a broad range of reflections on queer Turkish cultures within a transnational, Euro-American context.
The book features discussions of queer travel writers, poets, playwrights, and film directors. Poole shares his impressions of queer desires between Muslim tradition and global pop, observes what goes on in the hamam, and wonders about Arabesk culture. Their multifarious works manifest the subtle and subversive ways in which artists crisscross the cultural borders of East and West.
With its many facets of Turkish-Euro-American cultural interactions, Queer Turkey outlines a kaleidoscope of transnational