Atatürk on Screen: Documentary Film and the Making of a Leader

by Enis Dinç

Book Overview

Mustafa Kemal Atat rk was not widely known when he led the national resistance movement in Anatolia in 1919. However, the effort and attention that his government devoted to the creation of his public image gradually turned him into a superhuman figure in the eyes of many. Film played a crucial role in the creation and dissemination of this image and helped Atat rk to advance his project of building a new "imagined community" of the Turkish nation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1788312252
• ISBN13: 9781788312257
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"