Review

From Sports Cars to Jeeps: Car in Turkish Novels

Volume: 4 Number: 1 June 30, 2018
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From Sports Cars to Jeeps: Car in Turkish Novels

Abstract

This paper analyzes the cars mentioned in Turkish novels, as consumption patterns of their period. The shifts in their choices, as symbols of wealth, identity and social status, and the expectations they represent are compared and historicized in the light of the history of emergence of the automotive sector.  Cars have always been a strong indicator of the economic status in Turkey, as it has been in the rest of the world. Furthermore, has been the fetish object, being a symbol of unstoppable power, and an instant of the ideology symbolizing the individuality. In this work, the debate is on the consumption psychology moving from existence to possession and further resemblance; and the main consideration is the choices of the cars and the trends in narrations in defining the economic statuses with the cars.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Creative Arts and Writing

Journal Section

Review

Publication Date

June 30, 2018

Submission Date

March 2, 2018

Acceptance Date

May 16, 2018

Published in Issue

Year 2018 Volume: 4 Number: 1

APA
Başer, G. (2018). From Sports Cars to Jeeps: Car in Turkish Novels. International Journal of Cultural and Social Studies (IntJCSS), 4(1), 192-201. https://izlik.org/JA87UY78YN
AMA
1.Başer G. From Sports Cars to Jeeps: Car in Turkish Novels. IntJCSS. 2018;4(1):192-201. https://izlik.org/JA87UY78YN
Chicago
Başer, Gülce. 2018. “From Sports Cars to Jeeps: Car in Turkish Novels”. International Journal of Cultural and Social Studies (IntJCSS) 4 (1): 192-201. https://izlik.org/JA87UY78YN.
EndNote
Başer G (June 1, 2018) From Sports Cars to Jeeps: Car in Turkish Novels. International Journal of Cultural and Social Studies (IntJCSS) 4 1 192–201.
IEEE
[1]G. Başer, “From Sports Cars to Jeeps: Car in Turkish Novels”, IntJCSS, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 192–201, June 2018, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA87UY78YN
ISNAD
Başer, Gülce. “From Sports Cars to Jeeps: Car in Turkish Novels”. International Journal of Cultural and Social Studies (IntJCSS) 4/1 (June 1, 2018): 192-201. https://izlik.org/JA87UY78YN.
JAMA
1.Başer G. From Sports Cars to Jeeps: Car in Turkish Novels. IntJCSS. 2018;4:192–201.
MLA
Başer, Gülce. “From Sports Cars to Jeeps: Car in Turkish Novels”. International Journal of Cultural and Social Studies (IntJCSS), vol. 4, no. 1, June 2018, pp. 192-01, https://izlik.org/JA87UY78YN.
Vancouver
1.Gülce Başer. From Sports Cars to Jeeps: Car in Turkish Novels. IntJCSS [Internet]. 2018 Jun. 1;4(1):192-201. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA87UY78YN

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