From Clichés to Mysticism: Evolution of Religious Motives in Turkish Cinema

As an art form, an academic discipline and an ideological instrument that finds a place in cultural studies and social sciences, film plays a significant role both in the creation and as a reflection of the culture in which it is produced and sustained. Within the relationship between religion and t...

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Published in:Religions
Main Author: Önal, Hülya (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2014]
In: Religions
Further subjects:B Islamic rituals
B Turkish cinema
B religious clichés
B White Cinema
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Summary:As an art form, an academic discipline and an ideological instrument that finds a place in cultural studies and social sciences, film plays a significant role both in the creation and as a reflection of the culture in which it is produced and sustained. Within the relationship between religion and the cinema in the Turkish context, religion has ironically become an ideological discourse contrasting with the Islamic attitude prohibiting human depiction. This paper seeks to examine the transformation of both religious and secularist clichés and stereotypes in the Turkish cinema, by means of ideological and sociological critiques of some sample films.
ISSN:2077-1444
Contains:Enthalten in: Religions
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.3390/rel5010199