Interrupted happiness: class boundaries and the 'impossible love' in turkish melodrama

Simple item page
dc.citation.epage249en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber3en_US
dc.citation.spage236en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber3en_US
dc.contributor.authorKılıçbay, B.en_US
dc.contributor.authorİncirlioğlu, E. O.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-31T11:07:54Z
dc.date.available2019-01-31T11:07:54Z
dc.date.issued2003en_US
dc.departmentDepartment of Urban Design and Landscape Architectureen_US
dc.description.abstractSocial classes in Turkey, the existence of which is often denied in dominant political discourses, are nevertheless apparent in a wide range of cultural forms including the cinema, particularly the melodrama of the 1960s and the 1970s. The specific nature of the Turkish melodrama puts this genre quite apart from other filmic genres existing in Turkish cinema. An axiomatic representation of love and the unchanging formulas typically exemplified in the classic Turkish melodrama have been so popular that even in the non-melodramatic genres this kind of romance was ubiquitous. Class difference between lovers is a typical melodramatic mode in Turkish film; classes constitute boundaries for love and they delay, interrupt or inhibit happiness. In these melodramas upper classes are typically portrayed by means of negative conventions (immorality, decadence, ruthlessness), while various positive qualities are attributed to the members of lower classes (innocence, altruism, humanism). In this paper, we explore the use of class phenomenon in the Turkish melodrama of the 1960s and the 1970s as a way of creating a societal background for the ‘impossible love’.en_US
dc.identifier.eissn1473-2866
dc.identifier.issn2052-1499
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/48589
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Leicesteren_US
dc.source.titleEphemeraen_US
dc.titleInterrupted happiness: class boundaries and the 'impossible love' in turkish melodramaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Interrupted_happiness_class_boundaries_and_the_impossible _love_in_turkish_melodrama.pdf
Size:
465.55 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Full printable version
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.71 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download
Collections
Department of Urban Design and Landscape Architecture