'Turquerie' and the Politics of Representation, 1728-1876
| Author | : Nebahat Avcioglu |
| Publisher | : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |
| Total Pages | : 352 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0754664228 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780754664222 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (222 Downloads) |
Download or read book 'Turquerie' and the Politics of Representation, 1728-1876 written by Nebahat Avcioglu and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2011 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Devoted explicitly to the examination of Ottoman/Turkish-inspired architecture in Western Europe during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, in this study Nebahat Avcioglu rethinks the question of cultural frontiers not as separations but as a rapport of heterogeneities. Reclaiming turquerie as cross-cultural art from the confines of the inconsequential exoticism it is often reduced to, Avcioglu analyses hitherto neglected constructions, and links them to notions of self-representation and politics.
