How a Novel Changed the Law? The Political and Social Impact of The Jungle

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 5 Sayı: 1, 239 - 248, 04.07.2025

Murat Doğan , Emre Turan

Öz

The Jungle (Chicago Slaughterhouses), the first Turkish edition of which was published by Sel Publishing in April 2017, was edited by Barış Cezar, edited by Bilge Sancı, and translated by Kıvanç Güney. This striking work by Upton Sinclair reveals the exploitation system caused by the Industrial Revolution, the inhuman conditions that migrant workers are subjected to, and the devastating effects of capitalism with documentary reality.

Author: Upton SINCLAIR,
Şikago Mezbahaları (Chicago Slaughterhouses)
(trans. by) Kıvanç Güney,
İstanbul: Sel Yayıncılık, 2019, 400 p.
ISBN: 978-975-570-861-4

Anahtar Kelimeler

food safety, food legislation, capitalism, Fair sharing

Bir Roman Nasıl Yasaları Değiştirdi?: The Jungle’ın Politik ve Sosyal Etkisi

Öz

Türkçe ilk baskısı Nisan 2017'de Sel Yayıncılık tarafından yayımlanan The Jungle (Şikago Mezbahaları), Barış Cezar'ın editörlüğü, Bilge Sancı'nın genel yayın yönetmenliği ve Kıvanç Güney'in çevirisiyle okurla buluşmuştur. Upton Sinclair'in bu çarpıcı eseri, Sanayi Devrimi'nin yol açtığı sömürü düzenini, göçmen işçilerin maruz kaldığı insanlık dışı koşulları ve kapitalizmin yıkıcı etkilerini belgesel bir gerçeklikle ortaya koyar.

Yazar: Upton SINCLAIR,
Şikago Mezbahaları
(çev.) Kıvanç Güney,
İstanbul: Sel Yayıncılık, 2019, 400 s.
ISBN: 978-975-570-861-4

Anahtar Kelimeler

gıda güvenlği, kapitalizm, gıda mevzuatı, adil paylaşım

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