Orienting Istanbul: Cultural Capital of Europe?

摘要

The book is about Istanbul at a time when both its images and places, and its past and present, are being refashioned in the process of making the city a 'capital of culture'. It is presented by the editors as "the first book to capture Istanbul's rise to the world stage set up by post-industrial capitalism" (p. 3). The overarching theme is the cultural aspect of globalisation that is witnessed locally in the context of Istanbul.