Reflections on the Legacy of 19th-century Istanbul Armenian Theater Projects in the Contexts of Ottomanism and Turkishness
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Modern European theater disseminated both revolutionary discourse and a nationalist project in the aftermath of the French Revolution to every region it entered – a situation, which led to staggering impacts in multi-national, multi-religious, and decentralized territories such as the Ottoman Empire. Local individuals who engaged in European-style theatrical productions within the Ottoman Empire were initially and primarily Armenians. As a politicized form in terms of public opinion, urbanization, westernization, and education, the Ottoman Armenian theatrical experience became a legacy that was able to serve a budding Armenian nationalism, the idea of a shared Ottomanism during a specific time, and, eventually, to bolstering Turkishness as the Empire evolved into a nation-state.
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Reflections on the Legacy of 19th-century Istanbul Armenian Theater Projects in the Contexts of Ottomanism and Turkishness
In: Journal of the Society for Armenian StudiesSearch for other papers by Ayşan Sönmez in
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Abstract
Modern European theater disseminated both revolutionary discourse and a nationalist project in the aftermath of the French Revolution to every region it entered – a situation, which led to staggering impacts in multi-national, multi-religious, and decentralized territories such as the Ottoman Empire. Local individuals who engaged in European-style theatrical productions within the Ottoman Empire were initially and primarily Armenians. As a politicized form in terms of public opinion, urbanization, westernization, and education, the Ottoman Armenian theatrical experience became a legacy that was able to serve a budding Armenian nationalism, the idea of a shared Ottomanism during a specific time, and, eventually, to bolstering Turkishness as the Empire evolved into a nation-state.
| All Time | Past 365 days | Past 30 Days | |
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| Abstract Views | 714 | 173 | 14 |
| Full Text Views | 51 | 7 | 0 |
| PDF Views & Downloads | 110 | 17 | 0 |
