Author

Publication

2011 - Palgrave Macmillan, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

69,500 words, Guess

Page Count

278 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100230104614
  • ISBN-139780230104617
  • Library of Congress Control Number2010050138
  • OCLC Control Number669752235
  • Better World Books9780230104617
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Classifications

  • DDC341.242/209561
  • LCCDR432 .L48 2011
  • LCCJZ2-6530JN1-JN9692.2

Description

"This book critically examines the origins of today's anti-Islamic rhetoric in Europe with a specific focus on representations of Turkey. Applying a novel theoretical framework that understands collective identities as dramaturgical achievements, it shows that stereotypes of Turks continue to provide an important "Other" against which a supposed European "Self" is contrasted. The book identifies two competing meta-narratives that have long vied for the right to define Christendom and later Europe, and argues that the struggle over these narratives - one tragic, the other comic - have come to a head in Turkey's current bid for EU membership"--

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Turkey and the European UnionPalgrave Macmillan2011

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