Nationalism douze points The discursive reproduction of Turkish and Greek identities in Eurovision Song Contest
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2007
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İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi
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`Batı'nın yerlesik devletleri'nin sagduyulu yaklasımı, milliyetçi olguyu irrasyonel fikirlerin karısımı olarak tanımlar. Milliyetçilik, `bizim' toplumumuzla ve toplumumuzun deger yargılarıyla bagdasmaz. Milli kimlikler, zaman içerisinde o kadar dogal bir hal almıstır ki `bizim' farklılıgımızı ortaya koymayı amaçlayan show programlarında bile göze çarpmadan barınabilirler. Bu çalısma, Eurovision Sarkı Yarısması gibi `küresel' ve `düsük kaliteli' popüler bir yarısmada Türk ve Yunan kimliklerinin hangi yollarla ortaya koyuldugunu incelemeyi amaçlar. `Kendi' kimligimizin Türk ve Yunan medyasında temsil edilis sekli `bize' kendi içimizde tek-tip bir söylev kazandırır. Ayrıca bir süre için `digeri' ile yan yana bulunma, benzerlikler ve farklılıklar yoluyla aslında `kendi' kimligimizin özgünlügünü gösterir. Bu çalısma, Türk ve Yunanın degismez ve köklü kimlikler degil de, belirli kurumlar tarafından dayatılan sonradan kazanımlar oldugunu göstermeyi amaçlar.
The commonsensical view of the `established states of the West on national phenomena identifies them as a stir of irrational feelings. Nationalism is incompatible with `our community and its values. In turn, national identities have become so enhabited and natural that they remain unseen even in spectacular shows aiming to perform `our distinctiveness. This study aspires to explore the ways in which Turkish and Greek identities are performed in `globalized and `low-quality popular contests such as Eurovision Song Contest. The tropes with which `our identity is represented in Turkish and Greek media reproduce `us discursively as internally uniform. More than that, the direct juxtaposition with the `other, reproduces the originality of `our identity through similarity and difference. The study seeks to show that Turks and Greeks are not fixed and essential identities, but rather categories of practices reproduced by specific institutions.
The commonsensical view of the `established states of the West on national phenomena identifies them as a stir of irrational feelings. Nationalism is incompatible with `our community and its values. In turn, national identities have become so enhabited and natural that they remain unseen even in spectacular shows aiming to perform `our distinctiveness. This study aspires to explore the ways in which Turkish and Greek identities are performed in `globalized and `low-quality popular contests such as Eurovision Song Contest. The tropes with which `our identity is represented in Turkish and Greek media reproduce `us discursively as internally uniform. More than that, the direct juxtaposition with the `other, reproduces the originality of `our identity through similarity and difference. The study seeks to show that Turks and Greeks are not fixed and essential identities, but rather categories of practices reproduced by specific institutions.
