Technology and National Identity in Turkey : Mobile Communications and the Evolution of a Post-Ottoman Nation
by
Burce Celik
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1848854293
ISBN-13
9781848854291
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint
I.B. Tauris
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 16th, 2011
Print length
224 Pages
Weight
412 grams
Dimensions
21.80 x 17.80 x 2.30 cms
Product Classification:
Türkiye / TurkeyMedia studiesMedia studies
Ksh 24,800.00
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While many studies on the cultural significance of mobile technology focus on its rational uses and incentives, A elik draws on cultural theory, psychoanalysis and the philosophy of technology to explore the bonds, desires and dependencies that Turkish citizens have in relation to the cell phone.
Since the fall of the Ottoman Empire, Turkey has seen a complete re-imagining of its political, cultural and social landscape. Burce Celik argues that technology has been integral to this transformative process, showing how take-up of modern technologies, such as the cell or mobile phone, has been embraced particularly by those who most easily absorbed new ideals about Turkey and modern Turkishness. While many studies on the cultural significance of mobile technology focus on its rational uses and incentives, A elik draws on cultural theory, psychoanalysis and the philosophy of technology to explore the bonds, desires and dependencies that Turkish citizens have in relation to the cell phone. She ultimately links a collective post-empire melancholia with a desire to re-imagine a new, ideal Turkish national identity through technology.
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