“SURPRISED AND DAZZLED WITH THE BEAUTY OF THE SULTAN’SCAPITAL”: DEPOLITICIZATION AND DEHISTORICIZATION OF CULTUREIN DEMETRA VAKA-BROWN’S HAREMLIK: SOME PAGES FROM THE LIFE OFTURKISH WOMEN

Elif Öztabak AVCI

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“SURPRISED AND DAZZLED WITH THE BEAUTY OF THE SULTAN’SCAPITAL”: DEPOLITICIZATION AND DEHISTORICIZATION OF CULTUREIN DEMETRA VAKA-BROWN’S HAREMLIK: SOME PAGES FROM THE LIFE OFTURKISH WOMEN

Yazarlar:

Elif Öztabak AVCI

Yayıncı:

Hasan BAKTIR

Dergi:

KARE 2017 Vol.2 Issue 1, pp.18-28

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

1/2017

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2000519587

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

eISSN:

2536-4596

pISSN:

2536-4596

Özet:

 

In this paper, Demetra Vaka-Brown’s representation of “Turkish women” in her personal narrative, Haremlik (1909), after her re-encounter with them at the beginning of the twentieth century will be explored. It will be argued that the writer’s hold on her (cultural) identity as a GreekOttoman woman does not serve a “political” function despite her claim to the contrary; through Haremlik, Vaka-Brown attempts to write her own (personal) (hi)story rather than a collective story of “Turkish women” at the beginning of the twentieth century. The analysis of her narrative will mainly draw on Edward Said’s Orientalism and Arif Dirlik’s critique of depoliticization as well as dehistoricization of culture in his article, “Literature/Identity: Transnationalism, Narrative and Representation.”.

 

In this paper, Demetra Vaka-Brown’s representation of “Turkish women” in her personal narrative, Haremlik (1909), after her re-encounter with them at the beginning of the twentieth century will be explored. It will be argued that the writer’s hold on her (cultural) identity as a GreekOttoman woman does not serve a “political” function despite her claim to the contrary; through Haremlik, Vaka-Brown attempts to write her own (personal) (hi)story rather than a collective story of “Turkish women” at the beginning of the twentieth century. The analysis of her narrative will mainly draw on Edward Said’s Orientalism and Arif Dirlik’s critique of depoliticization as well as dehistoricization of culture in his article, “Literature/Identity: Transnationalism, Narrative and Representation.”.

Makale detayları

“SURPRISED AND DAZZLED WITH THE BEAUTY OF THE SULTAN’SCAPITAL”: DEPOLITICIZATION AND DEHISTORICIZATION OF CULTUREIN DEMETRA VAKA-BROWN’S HAREMLIK: SOME PAGES FROM THE LIFE OFTURKISH WOMEN

Yazarlar: Elif Öztabak AVCI

Yayıncı: Hasan BAKTIR

Dergi: KARE 2017 Vol.2 Issue 1, pp.18-28

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 1/2017

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2000519587

Sıklık: İki Yıllık

eISSN: 2536-4596

pISSN: 2536-4596

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Elif Öztabak AVCI

Yayıncı:

Hasan BAKTIR

Dergi:

KARE 2017 Vol.2 Issue 1, pp.18-28

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

1/2017

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2000519587

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

eISSN:

2536-4596

pISSN:

2536-4596