Introduction
Silhouettes and Submersions: Istanbul’s Past from Above and Below
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13101160 |
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| Authors | J F Walton (0000-0002-3378-7095, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2021-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2376-0702 • E-ISSN: 2376-0699 |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2979/jottturstuass.8.1.03 |
| OpenAlex | W4414115934 |
| Language | EN |
In this introduction to our edited section, "Istanbul through the Looking Glass," I draw on Orhan Pamuk's works—in particular The Black Book —to develop a multi-perspectival approach to Istanbul's heterogeneous past and the contemporary collective memories that frame this past. First, I forward a critique of homogenizing narratives of Istanbul, in particular neo-Ottoman images of the city. For shorthand, I call these images "silhouettes." Next, by invoking The Black Book's extended metaphor of the city's sunken past in the Bosphorus, I draw attention to the "submersions" of Istanbul's history that our collection explores. Finally, I summarize the contents of the volume, which are divided across three sections: "Sites," "Districts," and "Discourses
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| Highly cited | No |
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