Beschreibung
Right to the City Novels in Turkish Literature from the 1960s to the Present analyses the representation of rural migration to Istanbul in literature, placing Henri Lefebvre's idea of the right to the city at the centre of the argument. Using a framework of critical urban theory, the book examines Orhan Kemal's Gurbet Kuslari [The Homesick Birds] (1962); Muzaffer Izgü's Halo Dayi ve Iki Öküz [Uncle Halo and Two Oxen] (1973); Latife Tekin's Berci Kristin Çöp Masallari [Berji Kristin: Tales From the Garbage Hills] (1984); Metin Kaçan's Agir Roman [Heavy Roman(i)] (1990); Ayhan Geçgin's Kenarda [On the Periphery] (2003); Hatice Meryem's Insan Kisim Kisim, Yer Damar Damar [It Takes All Kinds] (2008); and Orhan Pamuk's Kafamda Bir Tuhaflik [A Strangeness in My Mind] (2014) in the historical context as regards rural migration to Istanbul, urbanization of migrants, and anti-migrant nostalgia. While categorising this group of novels as right to the city novels and offering them as a counterpoint to nostalgic novels, the book also presents a useful overview of Istanbul novels with old and new members of the city as protagonists, with a fresh insight into literary history.
Autorenportrait
N. Buket Cengiz is Lecturer at Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey.
