Novels and short stories as products of nationalist competition
The case of Dersim 1937–1938 in Turkish politics and literature
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11048826 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pinar Dinc (0000-0001-9731-2470, Istanbul Policy Center, Istanbul, Turkey, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 144-157 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Nationalities Papers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-5992 • E-ISSN: 1465-3923 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00905992.2017.1350153 |
| OpenAlex | W2754496539 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 5 |
This article focuses on the novels and short stories written about the ethnic cleansing of Dersim in the Turkish Republic in 1937–1938. Dersim 1937–1938 has become increasingly popular both as a political debate as well as a storyline in cultural productions over the last decade. The historical episode, once kept a secret, is almost an “industry” (“Memory: Concepts and Theory,” 2014) and an example of “memory boom” [Winter, Jay. (2002). Remembering War: The Great War Between Memory and History in the Twentieth Century. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press]. The aim of this article is to analyze the politics of memory and identity through literary works. It examines novels and short stories that focus on Dersim 1937–1938, or consider the ethnic cleansing in Dersim in a specific part of their storyline. By examining competing descriptions of Dersim memory and identity in these works, my purpose is to understand the mechanisms of literary competition, as well as Dersim’s fragmented collective memory and identity
Aesthetics · Art · Boom · Collective memory · Competition (biology · Cultural memory · Ethnic Cleansing · Identity (music · Identity politics · Linguistics · Literature · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Politics of memory · Sociology · Turkish · Anthropology · Balkans: History, Politics, Society · History · Law · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Philosophy · Turkey's Politics and Society
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |