 | The Limits of Westernization: A Cultural History of America in Turkey Subjects: Turkey -- Foreign relations -- United States; United States -- Foreign relations -- Turkey; Turkey -- Civilization -- Western influences; Orientalism -- United States; The Limits of Westernization analyzes the complex local uses of "the West" to explain how the United States could become both the best and the worst in the Turkish political imagination. Gürel traces how ideas about westernization and America have influenced national history writing and policy making, as well as everyday affects and identities. Perin E. Gürel is assistant professor of American studies and concurrent assistant professor of gender studies at the University of Notre Dame. Her work has appeared in American Quarterly , the Journal of Transnational American Studies , Gastronomica , and the Journal of Turkish Literature . |
