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The limits of westernization :

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0231543964

(Number (ISBN

9780231543965

Erroneous ISBN

0231182023

Erroneous ISBN

9780231182027

Title Proper

The limits of westernization :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

a cultural history of America in Tukey /

First Statement of Responsibility

Perin E. Gürel.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York, NY :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Columbia University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

[2017]

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xii, 273 pages) :

Other Physical Details

illustrations.

Series Title

Columbia studies in international and global history

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-256) and index.

Text of Note

Introduction : good West, bad West, wild West -- Over-westernization. Narrating the mandate : selective westernization and official history -- Allegorizing America : over-westernization in the Turkish novel -- Under-westernization. Humoring English : wild westernization and anti-American folklore -- Figuring sexualities : inadequate westernization and rights activism -- Postscript : refiguring culture in U.S.-Middle East relations.

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"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 came in second. How did Turkey's citizens come to hold such opposing views simultaneously? In The Limits of Westernization, Perin E. Gürel analyzes the complex local uses of the 'the West' to explain this unique split and its echoes in contemporary U.S.-Turkey relations. Using Turkish and English sources, Gürel maps Turks' reactions to the rise of the United States in the twentieth century. As Turkey transitioned from an empire to a nation-state, the country's ruling elite projected 'westernization' as a necessary and desirable force but also feared its cultural damage. Turkish stock figures and figures of speech represented America both as a good model for selective westernization and as a dangerous source of degeneration. Meanwhile, U.S. policy makers imagined Turkey first as the main figure of Oriental barbarism and then, during the Cold War, as a good representative for modernization theory. As the Cold War transitioned to the War on Terror, Turks rebelled against the new U.S.-made trope of the 'moderate Muslim.' Local artifacts of westernization--folk culture crossed with American cultural exports--and alternative projections of modernity became tinder for both Turkish anti-Americanism and resistance to state-led modernization projects. Gürel traces how ideas about westernization and America have influenced national history writing and policy making, as well as everyday culture and identities. Foregrounding shifting tropes about and from Turkey--a regional power that continues to dominate American visions for the "modernization" of the Middle east--Gürel also illuminates the transnational development of powerful political tropes, from 'the Terrible Turk' to 'the Islamic Terrorist'."--

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MIL

Stock Number

1006891

Title

Limits of westernization.

International Standard Book Number

9780231182027

Orientalism-- United States.

Civilization-- Western influences.

Diplomatic relations.

HISTORY-- Middle East-- Turkey & Ottoman Empire.

Orientalism.

Turkey, Civilization, Western influences.

Turkey, Foreign relations, United States.

United States, Foreign relations, Turkey.

Turkey.

United States.

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HIS036000

HIS037000

HIS055000

POL021000

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Edition

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Gurel, Perin

Date of Transaction

20200822103425.0

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[Book]

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