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On Humans, Fish, and Mermaids: The Republican Taxonomy of Tastes and Arabesk

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 July 2015

Murat Ergin
Murat Ergin*
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Department of Sociology, Koç University
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This essay analyzes arabesk, a form of popular music in Turkey, as it pertains to debates around culture, politics, and modernity. I argue that arabesk, rather than being limited to discussions of music as an aesthetic form, reveals important issues as to the historical unfolding of discursive patterns that still very much outline the boundaries of cultural debates in Turkish society. The historic changes of arabesk music corresponds to turning points in the cultural and political history of Turkey. Furthermore, following the historical trajectory of arabesk makes it possible to analyze large-scale transformations in the ideological landscape of Turkey. In order to understand the complexity of these issues, it is important to trace the historical foundations of Turkish cultural politics, especially during the early Republican era (1920-1950), which was formative in establishing and maintaining an extensive regime of cultural classification.

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New Perspectives on Turkey , Volume 33 , Fall 2005 , pp. 63 - 92
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Copyright © New Perspectives on Turkey 2005

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