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Mike Mandel and Chantal Zakari: The State of Ata: The Contested Imagery of Power in Turkey [SIGNED by Mandel and Zakari]

Publisher: Watertown, Massachusetts: Eighteen Publications, LLC, 2010
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780918290106
Condition: New / No dust jacket as issued
Item #: 107533

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Specifics

First edition, first printing. Signed on the title page by Mike Mandel and Chantal Zakari. Hardcover. Photographically illustrated paper-covered boards; no dust jacket as issued. Photographs by Mike Mandel and Chantal Zakari. 272 pp., with 393 four-color and 9 black-and-white illustrations. 9-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches.

Condition

New.

Description

From the publisher: "The State of Ata addresses the social themes that define contemporary Turkey. Specifically examining the imagery of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the country's revolutionary leader after World War I, the volume interweaves photographs, interviews, artists' interventions and archival imagery. The result is a complex visual exploration of the uses of Atatürk's imagery and the way in which it functions in contemporary Turkish society as a perceived link to Western culture, and as a symbol in opposition to the rise of the Islamist political movement. Mike Mandel and Chantal Zakari conceived The State of Ata as a collection of books within a book -- a photograph album, a volume of military portraits, a diary -- and the result is a unique project that will appeal not only to those fascinated by Turkish culture, but also to anyone interested in the popular representations of cult historical figures."