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Islamic but secular, ambivalent about its Ottoman past, and anxious for membership in the European Union, Turkey seems to be easily cast—in terms of its geographical and cultural situatedness—as a bridge between the East and the West. However, Relocating the Fault Lines asserts that contemporary Turkey can no longer be defined by such a simple framework.

In recent decades, Turkish economy, society, and culture have undergone intense changes affected by influences other than Western modernity. Issues of national identity are being transformed by such phenomena as the rise of political Islam, integration into a global economy, ethnic conflict, and women’s struggles for autonomy. This special issue of SAQ explores how these redefinitions are occurring in the areas of art, literature, and popular culture as well as economy and politics. The essays examine the preoccupation of modern Turkish literature and popular culture with notions of imitation and authenticity, as well as the ways in which the country’s secularization serves to promote an "official Islam"

Contributors. Hülya Adak, Meltem Ahiska, Ayse Gül Altinay, Tanil Bora, Ayse Bugra, Ümit Cizre, Menderes Çinar, Andrew Davison, Tuna Erdem, Suna Ertugrul, Kathy Ewing, Erdag Göknar, Nurdan Gülalp, Sibel Irzik, Orhan Koçak, Bruce Kuniholm, Jale Parla, Nükhet Sirman, Levent Soysal, Necmi Zeka
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This book is a step-by-step guide to the intricacies of Balinese domestic architecture accompanied throughout by watercolor illustrations of different building types, design concepts, and construction techniques. ... Read more

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Great Short Guide
More than an introduction and less than a full course on Balinesearchitecture, this is an excellent little guide.

Plenty of greatillustrations on every page, and lots of meaty but hightly readable text ispacked together in sidebars and full essays.

Very lightweight (meaning itis physically portable), this could come along with a traveler to Bali andbe a valuable asset towards understanding temples, villages, etc.

Greattechnical companion to any of the style books on Bali (Bali Style, At Homein Bali, etc), which usually concentrate more on look and style & havea large variety of beautiful photos. ... Read more

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This book is intended to provide a general introduction to the architectural symbolism of the Balinese temple by looking at some of the most interesting temple complexes on the island and describing their salient features in relation to Balinese ideas. ... Read more

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Substantial Introduction to Balinese Temples
This small and inexpensive book packs with it a tremendous amount of information about Balinese Temples.The author starts by introducing theconcept of Hinduism and Buddhism in Bali, as well as religious life in thisisland east of Java.He then proceeds to discuss general elements of thetemples, such as: structures, functions, styles, and types.Along the way,he packs in many examples of those elements (in text and in images), andexplains well each new terms that the readers encounter.

Theillustrations are well thought of and done.The lay-out of the bookassists the readers in navigating through the sea of information. Captions, side-bars and placement of graphics work very well.One thingthat is missing from this book is the floor plan(s) of the temples.Whilethis book does not profess to be an in-depth study on architecture, it willbe useful to include simple floor-plan(s).

Almost toward the end, theauthor puts in a chapter on the kingdom of Majapahit of East Java, theinfluence of which is apparent in Balinese art and architecture.Somehow Iwonder if this chapter would be better off placed toward the beginning ofthe book, since it would better explain the spread of the religion, as wellas the style of architecture from Java, Bali's neighboring island.

Thisbook is part of a series in Periplus' "Discover Indonesia." Checkout the two other titles already available at Amazon.com: BalineseArchitecture (ISBN 962-593-194-5,) by Davison and Granquist (the same teamthat writes the Balinese Temples), and The Mysteries of Borobudur (ISBN962-593-198-8) by Miksic, Marcello and Trachini. ... Read more

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From Introduction:Typog is a magazine by and for students who are interested in all the forms of communication (literary and otherwise) that can be conveyed by the printed page. It will appear three times during the school year, and will be distributed in the U.S. and Canada.55 works by students. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Semana, published by Spanish Publications, Inc. on June 28, 2001. The length of the article is 593 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Fuerte amor adolescente.(TT: Strong teenage love.)(Reseña)
Publication: Semana (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 28, 2001
Publisher: Spanish Publications, Inc.
Page: 40

Article Type: Reseña

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