'is The Turk A White Man?': Race and Modernity in the Making of Turkish Identity
Author:   Murat Ergin
Publisher:   Haymarket Books
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9781608468386


Pages:   278
Publication Date:   27 March 2018
Format:   Paperback
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'is The Turk A White Man?': Race and Modernity in the Making of Turkish Identity


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In 1909, US courts set out to decide whether a Turkish citizen shall be naturalized as a white person."" Turkish elites had already undertaken to portray the Turks as the historic source of Western civilization, white racial stock, and human language. Examining this interaction between global racial discourses and local responses, Ergin recentres Turkish modernization on imaginings of race.

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Author:   Murat Ergin
Publisher:   Haymarket Books
Imprint:   Haymarket Books
ISBN:  

9781608468386


ISBN 10:   1608468380
Pages:   278
Publication Date:   27 March 2018
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

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Murat Ergin, Ph.D. (2005), University of Minnesota, is Associate Professor of Sociology at Koc University. His research interests include nationalism, race, ethnicity, cultural boundaries, and death.

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