The Limits of Westernization : : A Cultural History of America in Turkey / / Perin Gürel.
In a 2001 poll, Turks ranked the United States highest when asked: "Which country is Turkey's best friend in international relations?" When the pollsters reversed the question-"Which country is Turkey's number one enemy in international relations?"-the United States cam...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2017] ©2017 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Columbia Studies in International and Global History
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (256 p.) :; 10 b&w illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Good West, Bad West, Wild West
- Over-Westernization
- Chapter One. Narrating the Mandate: Selective Westernization and Official History
- Chapter Two. Allegorizing America: Over-Westernization in the Turkish Novel
- Under-Westernization
- Chapter Three. Humoring English: Wild Westernization and Anti-American Folklore
- Chapter Four. Figuring Sexualities: Inadequate Westernization and Rights Activism
- Postscript. Refiguring Culture in U.S.-Middle East Relations
- Notes
- Index