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Abstract
From the destructive fantasy of a wedding that never takes place in Shirin's Wedding (1975), to the misery and tragedy of arranged marriages in April Children (1998) and Dügün: The Wedding ((1991) , weddings play a prominent role in Turkish German cinema. They function as contested sites of difference, marking the complex negotiations between tradition and modernity. Whereas in these earlier films, the Turkish tradition of arranged marriages is presented as irreconcilable with Western notions of romantic love and individual self-determination, more recent films celebrate inter-ethnic romance and culminate in weddings and unite families across ethnic divides. Such feel-good movies create popular fantasies of multicultural urban conviviality.
This chapter analyses two recent Turkish German wedding films, Evet, I Do (2010) and My Crazy Turkish Wedding (2006) with reference to the generic conventions of the romantic comedy and its multicultural inflections in My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) and Bride and Prejudice (2004). It asks how these diasporic wedding films negotiate hybridity on the levels of narrative, iconography and ideology.
This chapter analyses two recent Turkish German wedding films, Evet, I Do (2010) and My Crazy Turkish Wedding (2006) with reference to the generic conventions of the romantic comedy and its multicultural inflections in My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) and Bride and Prejudice (2004). It asks how these diasporic wedding films negotiate hybridity on the levels of narrative, iconography and ideology.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Turkish German Cinema in the New Millennium |
Subtitle of host publication | Sites, Sounds, and Screens |
Editors | Sabine Hake, Barbara Mennel |
Place of Publication | Oxford and New York |
Publisher | Berghahn Books |
Pages | 19-32 |
Number of pages | 13 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780857457691 |
ISBN (Print) | 978085745768 |
Publication status | Published - 15 Oct 2012 |
Keywords
- Transnational cinema, diasporic family in cinema, hybrid genre, wedding film
Projects
- 2 Finished
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The Diasporic Family in Cinema
Berghahn, D. (PI)
Arts & Humanities Res Coun AHRC
1/10/10 → 30/06/11
Project: Research
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Migrant and diasporic cinema in contemporary Europe
Berghahn, D. (PI)
Arts & Humanities Res Coun AHRC
1/10/06 → 31/01/08
Project: Research
Activities
- 1 Participation in conference
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My Big Fat Diasporic Wedding: Negotiating Between Tradition and Modernity
Berghahn, D. (Speaker)
21 May 2011Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference