Machine generated contents note: ch. 10 Concluding Remarks. ch. 2 Growing Up with TRT: Remembering the Search for `Turkish Content' -- ch. 3 Pillars of the Dizi Industry: The Performance, Media and Advertising Sectors -- ch. 4 The Emergence of Dizi as a Genre: From Script to Media Text -- ch. 5 The Turkish Styles of Pitching: Different Forms of Project Design -- ch. 6 Constructing Stories and Their Sets: The World of Writers and Art Directors -- ch. 7 Coping with Fame: The Joy and Curse of Acting in Turkey -- ch. 8 Behind the Scenes, Behind the Sets: The Dual Performance of Cast and Crew -- ch. 9 The Wonderland of Global Markets: International Distribution of Turkish Dizis -- ch. 10 Concluding Remarks.
Summary:
"Standing at the crossroads of folklore, media, and performance studies, Arzu Öztürkmen explores the rise of the dizi genre in Turkey since the 1970s, when national television broadcasting began in the country. The Delight of Turkish Dizi approaches this unique genre--not quite soap opera or telenovela--as an art form that developed with the collective creative input of writers, producers, directors, actors, editors, musicians, and, lately, international distributors. Öztürkmen shows how dizi-making is a marathon run by sprinters, where production and broadcasting processes have been tightly interwoven, offering a mode of communication and consumption that is distinct to the Turkish television industry. The research consists of oral history with key figures in dizi production and ethnographic surveys of film sets, international content markets, and award ceremonies. This first-ever monograph on Turkish dizi will be a valuable addition to the field of performance and media studies while delighting the general reader as well."--Publisher description.
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