Postfeminism a la Turca Postfeminism in New Turkish Romantic Comedies

dc.contributor.author Burcu Dabak Ozdemir
dc.contributor.author Ozdemir, Burcu Dabak
dc.date JUL
dc.date.accessioned 2025-10-06T16:19:43Z
dc.date.issued 2021
dc.description.abstract This essay analyzes how postfeminism is constructed on a visual level in the Turkish context. It uses theories of postfeminism to discuss new popular romantic comedies of Turkish cinema by comparing the new female protagonists with the women portrayed in Yesilcam melodramas. Three films-Kocan Kadar Konus (dir. Kivanc Baruonu 2014) Hadi Insallah (dir. Ali Taner Baltaci 2014) and Ask Nerede? (dir. Semra Dundar 2015)- are analyzed from a postfeminist perspective opening up a new scholarly discussion about the place of postfeminism in the Turkish cinema. These films represent what may be termed Turkified postfeminism which has been commonly discussed for the Western world but not sufficiently taken into account for Middle Eastern women.
dc.identifier.doi 10.1215/15525864-8949436
dc.identifier.issn 1552-5864
dc.identifier.issn 1558-9579
dc.identifier.uri http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/15525864-8949436
dc.identifier.uri https://gcris.yasar.edu.tr/handle/123456789/5982
dc.identifier.uri https://doi.org/10.1215/15525864-8949436
dc.language.iso English
dc.publisher DUKE UNIV PRESS
dc.relation.ispartof Journal of Middle East Women's Studies
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.source JOURNAL OF MIDDLE EAST WOMENS STUDIES
dc.subject postfeminism, postfeminist Middle East, newromantic comedies, Turkish cinema, Yesilcam melodramas
dc.subject FEMINISM, TURKEY
dc.subject Turkish Cinema
dc.subject Postfeminist Middle East
dc.subject Postfeminism
dc.subject Yesilcam Melodramas
dc.subject Newromantic Comedies
dc.title Postfeminism a la Turca Postfeminism in New Turkish Romantic Comedies
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