Overview

The first comprehensive study of dizi, a television genre unique to Turkey akin to soap opera or telenovela.  Standing at the crossroads of folklore, media, and performance studies, Arzu Öztürkmen explores the rise of the dizi genre in Turkey since the 1970s, when national television broadcasting began in the country. The Delight of Turkish Dizi approaches this unique genre—not quite soap opera or telenovela—as an art form that developed with the collective creative input of writers, producers, directors, actors, editors, musicians, and, lately, international distributors. Öztürkmen shows how dizi-making is a marathon run by sprinters, where production and broadcasting processes have been tightly interwoven, offering a mode of communication and consumption that is distinct to the Turkish television industry. The research consists of oral history with key figures in dizi production and ethnographic surveys of film sets, international content markets, and award ceremonies. This first-ever monograph on Turkish dizi will be a valuable addition to the field of performance and media studies while delighting the general reader as well.

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Author:   Arzu Öztürkmen
Publisher:   Seagull Books London Ltd
Imprint:   Seagull Books London Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.653kg
ISBN:  

9780857428981

ISBN 10:   0857428985
Pages:   580
Publication Date:   10 January 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Table of Contents

Foreword Acknowledgements CHAPTER I. Introduction CHAPTER II. Growing Up with TRT: Remembering the Search for “Turkish Content” CHAPTER III. Pillars of the Dizi Industry: Performance, Media and Advertising Sectors CHAPTER IV. Emergence of Dizi as a Genre: From Script to Media Text CHAPTER V. Turkish Styles of Pitching: Different Forms of Project Designs CHAPTER VI. Constructing Stories and Their Sets: The World of Writers and Art Directors CHAPTER VII. Coping with Fame: The Joy and Curse of Acting in Turkey CHAPTER VIII. Behind the Scenes, Behind the Sets: The Dual Performance of the Cast and Crew CHAPTER IX. The Wonderland of Global Markets: International Distribution of Turkish Dizis CHAPTER X. Concluding Remarks

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Trained in folklore studies, Arzu Öztürkmen is a professor at Bogaziçi University in Istanbul. Her research consists of oral history, folklore, and the history of performing arts. In addition to several articles on the cultural history of Turkey, she is coeditor of Celebration, Entertainment and Theater in the Ottoman World and Medieval and Early Modern Performance in the Eastern Mediterranean.

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