Brad Pitt Halal” and the Hybrid Woman: Gender Representations and Religion through Turkish Soap Operas

Through this article we aim to present the results of our empirical research concerning the impact of religion on gender representations projected through Turkish soap operas. Since 2000, Turkey aims to become a model of a Muslim but democratic and modern country in the region especially for other M...

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Main Author: Dimitra Laurence LAROCHELLE
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Language:English
Published: Etudes Scientifiques Spécialisées Appliquées aux Communications Humaines, Economiques, Sociales et Symboliques 2019-12-01
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Online Access:https://www.essachess.com/index.php/jcs/article/view/464/489
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description Through this article we aim to present the results of our empirical research concerning the impact of religion on gender representations projected through Turkish soap operas. Since 2000, Turkey aims to become a model of a Muslim but democratic and modern country in the region especially for other Muslim countries. Even if AKP is not an explicitly religious party, the statements effectuated from times to times by its representants indicate an important convergence between the religious values and the party’s political and social priorities. Within this context, Turkish soap operas, function not only as tools of the country’s soft power outside Turkey’s borders and of promotion of its neo-Ottoman political orientation but also as tools for the promotion and the perpetuation of the government’s world view inside the country. The taboo of the sexuality and the importance of motherhood, the underrepresentation of LGBTQ community members, of ethnic or of religious minorities, the “sin” and the attribution of justice are some of the elements we discuss in the present article.
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spelling doaj.art-b8578f033dc7436b8409d85093e0986b2022-12-21T20:11:21ZengEtudes Scientifiques Spécialisées Appliquées aux Communications Humaines, Economiques, Sociales et SymboliquesEssachess2066-50831775-352X2019-12-0112246178Brad Pitt Halal” and the Hybrid Woman: Gender Representations and Religion through Turkish Soap OperasDimitra Laurence LAROCHELLE0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2639-2383Université Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris 3Through this article we aim to present the results of our empirical research concerning the impact of religion on gender representations projected through Turkish soap operas. Since 2000, Turkey aims to become a model of a Muslim but democratic and modern country in the region especially for other Muslim countries. Even if AKP is not an explicitly religious party, the statements effectuated from times to times by its representants indicate an important convergence between the religious values and the party’s political and social priorities. Within this context, Turkish soap operas, function not only as tools of the country’s soft power outside Turkey’s borders and of promotion of its neo-Ottoman political orientation but also as tools for the promotion and the perpetuation of the government’s world view inside the country. The taboo of the sexuality and the importance of motherhood, the underrepresentation of LGBTQ community members, of ethnic or of religious minorities, the “sin” and the attribution of justice are some of the elements we discuss in the present article.https://www.essachess.com/index.php/jcs/article/view/464/489soap operasneo-ottmanismsoft powerreligiongender representation
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Brad Pitt Halal” and the Hybrid Woman: Gender Representations and Religion through Turkish Soap Operas
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soap operas
neo-ottmanism
soft power
religion
gender representation
title Brad Pitt Halal” and the Hybrid Woman: Gender Representations and Religion through Turkish Soap Operas
title_full Brad Pitt Halal” and the Hybrid Woman: Gender Representations and Religion through Turkish Soap Operas
title_fullStr Brad Pitt Halal” and the Hybrid Woman: Gender Representations and Religion through Turkish Soap Operas
title_full_unstemmed Brad Pitt Halal” and the Hybrid Woman: Gender Representations and Religion through Turkish Soap Operas
title_short Brad Pitt Halal” and the Hybrid Woman: Gender Representations and Religion through Turkish Soap Operas
title_sort brad pitt halal and the hybrid woman gender representations and religion through turkish soap operas
topic soap operas
neo-ottmanism
soft power
religion
gender representation
url https://www.essachess.com/index.php/jcs/article/view/464/489
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