books.google.co.uk - This social anthropological account of music in Turkey is based on an ethnographic study of popular musicians in Istanbul. Stokes discusses the state and national cultural policy in Turkey, emphasizing the life of the "Arabesk" musicians, their performances, text, and their representation of emotion...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Arabesk_Debate.html?id=5C_aAAAAMAAJ&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Arabesk Debate
This social anthropological account of music in Turkey is based on an ethnographic study of popular musicians in Istanbul. Stokes discusses the state and national cultural policy in Turkey, emphasizing the life of the "Arabesk" musicians, their performances, text, and their representation of emotion.
