{"product_id":"9783032378347","title":"Politics of Architecture and Performance The Opera House, Cultural Narratives, and National Identities in Türkiye","description":"\u003ch3\u003eCities, Heritage and Transformation\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003ePolitics of Architecture and Performance\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Opera House, Cultural Narratives, and National Identities in Türkiye\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAyça Sancar\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Anthropology \/ Cultural \u0026amp; Social\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracing the intertwined histories of opera, architecture, urbanism, and cultural politics from the early decades of the Turkish Republic, this book shows how opera houses became instruments and arenas of modernization, nation-building, and identity politics. Through a microhistorical narrative centered in Ankara and Istanbul, this volume follows more than a dozen opera projects—built, unbuilt, and transformed—and demonstrates how shifting regimes and cultural agendas materialized in site choices, urban scenography, architectural language, and stage typologies. Grounded in archival sources and spatial analysis and sharpened through international comparison, the book offers an empirically rich account of opera architecture’s political entanglements. Its interpretive framework (cultural transplantation, transduction, and transfusion) captures how cultural forms were adopted, reframed, and negotiated across changing regimes. Along the way, the book highlights bidirectional architectural knowledge exchange between Türkiye and the German-speaking world and connects early republican projects to later debates on heritage, demolition, and reconstruction. With more than 100 architectural graphics, it unfolds as a visual journey through a republic under construction, politically, culturally, and physically. Ultimately, it provides both a timely resource and a transferable analytical perspective for understanding how cultural buildings shape and are shaped by political and cultural change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Ayça Sancar is a postdoctoral research and teaching associate at RWTH Aachen University’s Institute of Landscape Architecture and Science Manager of the university’s Profile Area “Built and Lived Environment (BLE)”. She studied architecture at Izmir Institute of Technology and RWTH Aachen University, and completed her doctorate at RWTH Aachen University in 2022. Her research examines the intersections of architecture, urban space, performing arts, and politics, treating cultural institutions as both lenses for reading socio-spatial transformation and catalysts that actively shape it. A further focus of her work is architectural and urban-planning communication, particularly the use of audiovisual media and digital formats to translate design and planning ideas and research into accessible narratives. In her teaching, she supervises urban design studios and develops digital teaching and assessment formats, including courses dedicated to conveying architectural and planning content through animated short films.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e04 January 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783032378347\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51691583733900,"sku":"9783032378347","price":116.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032378347.jpg?v=1785324885","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783032378347","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}