Reflections of Urban Poor in Social Realist Films in Turkey.

      Аннотация: This book is analyzing the reflections of urban poor in social realist films in Turkey, within a perspective that begins at the beginning of 1960s and finishes at the end of 1980s. The study is examining this phase with three different dimensions: the change of urban poor since 1960s to 1980s, the change of social realist films since 1960s to 1980s, and mutual interaction of urban poor and social realist films. Besides, the book is also focusing on the phase since the end of 1980s to today, to understand why social realist films were finished at the end of 1980s. The book realizes the examination of the journey of urban poor and social realist films with sociological, political, economical and artistic dimensions. Along this examination, the study is taking help from the notions such as migration, gecekondu (slums), class, class struggle, class consciousness; which make easier to understand the concepts that fulfill the poor people’s world and are descriptive about the transformation of poor people and Turkish society.

Ключевые слова: Urban Poor, Social Realism, Turkish Cinema, Class Consciousness and Struggle, Transformation of Turkish Society