Author Archives: lizcameron

Of oxen, calves and paper tigers: Öküz altında buzağı aramak

Posted on March 23, 2012 by lizcameron

All day, the impish Karagöz has been lounging around the dining room table, giggling and rolling about.  Every once in a while, when I come in from my spot on the back porch, where I am grading yesterday’s tests, he … Continue reading →

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Farazi Kozmos’ modern-day take on Karagoz (in Turkish)

Posted on March 22, 2012 by lizcameron

So, it has been months and months of me writing about the Karagöz puppets – and you know that these little paper people are metaphorical inventions that play out the voices in my head. You probably have also gathered that … Continue reading →

Posted in Introducing the Karagöz puppets, On writing about my life with the Karagöz puppets | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

Moros y cristianos, siyah ve beyaz and being “black and white”

Posted on March 20, 2012 by lizcameron

Recently, after posting my review of the new book, The Globalization of Love, M. and I were doing the dishes, and talking about the book, which is about cross-cultural relationships. “It’s not a really BIG difference,” M. said, “I mean … Continue reading →

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