Affective economies of Beyoglu in Istanbul: The construction of 'Disgust' and 'Fear' in neoliberalization of nightlife
EMOTION SPACE AND SOCIETY, cilt.23, ss.1-8, 2017 (SSCI, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 23
- Basım Tarihi: 2017
- Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.emospa.2017.02.003
- Dergi Adı: EMOTION SPACE AND SOCIETY
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1-8
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Nightlife economy, Neoliberalization, Affect, Subject positions, Istanbul, EMOTIONS, POLITICS, GENDER, RACE
- Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
This study contributes to understanding neoliberalism in Beyoglu, by examining how neoliberal discourses create and circulate normative meanings in nightlife. I suggest that neoliberal discourses and practices inform a value structure in everyday life which identifies subject positions in terms of affiliation and marginalization in Beyoglu's nightlife scene, based on the affective economies of Beyoglu. Affiliation/ marginalization distil through moments of contact, imbued with various affective dispositions. I argue that spaces of affiliation shape and are shaped by the affective dispositions of (middle-)classed nighttime euphoria. Conforming to norms of desirability, attractiveness and safety, they present a cultural and economic model attuned to neoliberal rationalities. Two dominant stereotypes of 'undesirability' emerge in affective terms: (i) those of 'ineligible' dispositions which produce emotions of 'disgust', and (ii) those of 'fearful' bodies constantly moving across the night-time leisure places of Beyoglu. By examining the relationship between neoliberalism and affective economies in Beyoglu's nightlife, this study contributes to research on night-time leisure places, providing insight into linkages between emotional subjectivities and rational thinking. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.