dizi

Drama, Desire, and Diplomacy: The Rise of Turkish Television in India 
Culture/Featured: Top of Home Page/Features/Television

Drama, Desire, and Diplomacy: The Rise of Turkish Television in India 

By
 / 1 August 2023

Netflix represents an opportunity to internationalize and escape the pressures of a volatile domestic market in Turkish television. It has forced Turkish producers to tell Turkish stories in a globally compelling way.

The New Empire Has Risen: ‘New Kings of the World’
Books/Culture/Music/PopMatters Picks/Reviews

The New Empire Has Risen: ‘New Kings of the World’

By
 / 11 February 2020

Author Fatima Bhutto profiles the new arbiters of mass culture: Bollywood, Dizi, and K-pop, in her engaging cultural studies/travelogue, New Kings of the World.

Culture Is Not Innocent: An Interview with Fatima Bhutto
Books/Featured: Top of Home Page/Features/Film/Interviews/SAVE/ IGNORE: popular

Culture Is Not Innocent: An Interview with Fatima Bhutto

By
 / 3 February 2020

Fatima Bhutto discusses her new book on pop culture from the Global South, which goes above and beyond, among other things, the "sluggish, bloated, less urgent" films dominating Hollywood.