Jenny White. Turkish Kaleidoscope: Fractured Lives in a Time of Violence. New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2021.

Authors : Hande Birkalangedik

Pages : 551-554

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Publication Date : 2024-05-01

Article Type : Other Papers

Abstract :Jenny White, a US cultural anthropologist who has been working on different aspects of contemporary cultures in Turkey since the 1970’s, has a special place in ethnographic studies of Turkey. Currently professor emerita at Stockholm University Institute for Turkish Institute, she studied psychology at Hacettepe University and learned Turkish there. With a native proficiency working in Turkish, her publications on Turkey include several books with significant awards and several other impactful articles on Turkey. Her work include Muslim Nationalism and the New Turks (Princeton University, 2014), Islamist Mobilization in Turkey: A Study in Vernacular Politics (University of Washington Press, 2002) and Money Makes Us Relatives: Women’s Labor in Urban Turkey (University of Texas Press, 1994). She also authored a series of history-based novels focusing on nineteenth century Ottoman culture: The Winter Thief (W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2010), The Abyssinian Proof (W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2009), and The Sultan’s Seal (W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2007). Now with through Turkish Kaleidoscope: Fractured Lives in a Time of Violence (2021), Jenny White reaches out to her audience with a graphic novel written by her and illustrated by Ergün Gündüz.
Keywords : Jenny White, Turkish kaleidoscope, Time of violence