Broken masculinities solitude alienation. docx
Broken masculinities: solitude, alienation and frustration in Turkish
literature after 1970, by Çimen Günay-Erkol, Budapest, Central
European University Press, 2016, 264 pp., €48.00 (cloth), ISBN:
9786155225253
"On 15 July 2016, there was an attempted coup in Turkey and it was followed by
harsh governmental measures with dire outcomes. The long-term impacts of the
coup attempt are yet to be seen but its immediate consequences have been
devastating at a multitude of levels, paralysing many sectors of life. This was just
the latest of many coup attempts in the history of the country. Among the many
that took place in the Republican period, three were ‘successful’: 27 May 1960,
12 March 1971, and 12 September 1980. Each of these military coups took their
toll on the already fragile state of democracy in Turkey, reinforcing the
militarisation of the civic psyche.
In Broken Masculinities, Çimen Günay-Erkol begins her introduction by outlining
the various military interventions that have taken place in Turkey in order to set
the context for the relationship between politics and the military. She then takes
12 March 1971 as the central temporal moment in her readings of testimonial
literary narratives, focusing on the concept of manhood."
(For the full-text) Limited number of free downloads are available at Taylor and
Francis: http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/whjKAUUWtMBqHa7y7cNJ/full
literature after 1970, by Çimen Günay-Erkol, Budapest, Central
European University Press, 2016, 264 pp., €48.00 (cloth), ISBN:
9786155225253
"On 15 July 2016, there was an attempted coup in Turkey and it was followed by
harsh governmental measures with dire outcomes. The long-term impacts of the
coup attempt are yet to be seen but its immediate consequences have been
devastating at a multitude of levels, paralysing many sectors of life. This was just
the latest of many coup attempts in the history of the country. Among the many
that took place in the Republican period, three were ‘successful’: 27 May 1960,
12 March 1971, and 12 September 1980. Each of these military coups took their
toll on the already fragile state of democracy in Turkey, reinforcing the
militarisation of the civic psyche.
In Broken Masculinities, Çimen Günay-Erkol begins her introduction by outlining
the various military interventions that have taken place in Turkey in order to set
the context for the relationship between politics and the military. She then takes
12 March 1971 as the central temporal moment in her readings of testimonial
literary narratives, focusing on the concept of manhood."
(For the full-text) Limited number of free downloads are available at Taylor and
Francis: http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/whjKAUUWtMBqHa7y7cNJ/full