Imaginaries out of place : cinema, transnationalism and Turkey

“As new geographies of mobility and hybridity make the concept of national identity highly problematic, new questions emerge that challenge and destabilize our conventional ways of thinking. Where do migrants ‘belong'? Are they members of a distant nation, or natives of the places in which they live? What kind of changes does the sense of ‘Turkishness'undergo, and what does it mean to various Turkish communities living in various parts of the world? Most important of all, can emergent migrant and transnational cinema prevent nationalism's abuse of locality and intimacy? In Imaginaries Out of Place: Cinema, Transnationalism and Turkey, the editors put together a series of bold and innovative essays that engage the question of transnational cinema in the context of Turkish national identity. This collection is essential reading for those who are interested in transnational and Turkish cinemas as well as those who research issues of migrant cultures, hybrid identities and new forms of belonging.”– Mahmut Mutman, Professor of Cultural Studies, İstanbul Şehir University As the new geographies of mobility and hybridity make the concept of national identity highly problematical, a series of new questions challenge and destabilize our conventional ways of thinking. Where do the migrants belong? Are they members of a distant nation, or the natives of the places they live? What kind of changes the sense of Turkishness undergo, and what does it mean to various Turkish communities living in various parts of the world? Most important of all, can the new migrant and transnational cinema make nationalism's abuse of locality and intimacy difficult or impossible? In Imaginaries out of Cinema, Transnationalism and Turkey, the editors put together a series of bold and innovative essays that engage the question of transnational cinema in the context of Turkish national identity. This collection is must reading for those who are interested in transnational and Turkish cinemas as well as those who work questions of migrant cultures, hybrid identities and new forms of belonging. TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AN INTRODUCTION FROM THE EDITORS A TRANSFORMATIONAL EXPERIENCE WITHIN THE CONTEXTS OF “NATIONAL” AND “TRANSNATIONAL” TRANSFORMING HOSPITALITY HABITATS OF MEANING FROM TWO WORLDS TO A THIRD SPACE THE LIMITATION OF URBAN SPACE IN THOMAS ARSLAN’S BERLIN TRILOGY THE BLACK HUMOR WORLD OF MIGRANTS CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO CULTURES AT HOME IN THE NEW GERMANY? WEDDING SCENES AS METAPHORS FOR HOMELAND CENTRE AND PERIPHERY FROM TURKISH GREENGROCER TO DRAG QUEEN WOMEN IN TURKISH-GERMAN CINEMA CONTRIBUTORS