Social Construction of Southeastern Turkey Through the Bliss

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title

National Forum Journals

Publication Date

1-1-2017

Publisher

National Forum of Multicultural Issues Journal

Volume

14

Issue

1

First Page

1

Last Page

11

Abstract

This article examines how sociological imagination of the individuals living in southeastern Turkey is constructed through Movie, The Bliss. Traditional and modern forms of life are symbolically constructed in this movie. The framework of “honor killing,” “masculinity in southeastern Turkey," “cultural deficiency,” and “othering” will be analyzed to explicate how stereotypical southeastern characters are reproduced. Content analysis technique is applied to interpret apparent and latent contents, contexts, aspects and so forth. Developed categories are revisited through Ibn Khaldun's Typology, cultural deficiency theory, Tonnies’ theory, Durkheim’s view on society, and Goffman’s framing process.

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