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Book review: Aesthetics of Displacement: Turkey and its Minorities on Screen

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various iterations of modernity). That being said, Butt makes a convincing case for a new genre, the ‘transcultural memory novel’, supported by a careful selection of texts and a balanced… Click to show full abstract

various iterations of modernity). That being said, Butt makes a convincing case for a new genre, the ‘transcultural memory novel’, supported by a careful selection of texts and a balanced treatment of Indo-English fictions. In a region that is dominated by periodic flare-ups of border disputes, religious intolerance and populist nationalism, Butt’s commitment to transcultural imagination through memory and modernity is a breath of fresh air.

Keywords: displacement turkey; turkey minorities; minorities screen; aesthetics displacement; book review; review aesthetics

Journal Title: Memory Studies
Year Published: 2017

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