Identified Bodies

The articles collected in "Identified Bodies" examine the cultural patterns of the body around identity through works of different types produced in different periods. In addition to texts that question the ideological function of art and its history in the construction of identity, the book also explores how contemporary artists interested in identity politics subvert stereotypical representations carried from past works to the present.

The artistic and cultural ground of nudity in Ottoman painting to the Republican era, the body and its representations in the context of Turkey's modernization process, sculpture as a "matter of honor," the pioneering positions of women in contemporary art, feminism and performance, the performative body in art within the context of identity politics, and the transformation of the body into an artistic metaphor in the context of the "gift" concept are among the topics discussed in Identified Bodies - Art, Identity, Gender.