Gendered Identities
Criticizing Patriarchy in Turkey
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies, Gay Studies, History, Middle East
| Author: | Canan Aslan Akman, Verda Irtis, Gökçe Bayindir Goularas, Nahide Konak, Burçak Cürül, Tolga Yalur, Serap Durusoy | ISBN: | 9780739175637 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books | Publication: | May 16, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Lexington Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Canan Aslan Akman, Verda Irtis, Gökçe Bayindir Goularas, Nahide Konak, Burçak Cürül, Tolga Yalur, Serap Durusoy |
| ISBN: | 9780739175637 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books |
| Publication: | May 16, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Lexington Books |
| Language: | English |
This study is an effort to reveal how patriarchy is embedded in different societal and state structures, including the economy, juvenile penal justice system, popular culture, economic sphere, ethnic minorities, and social movements in Turkey. All the articles share the common ground that the political and economic sphere, societal values, and culture produce conservatism regenerate patriarchy and hegemonic masculinity in both society and the state sphere. This situation imprisons women within their houses and makes non-heterosexuals invisible in the public sphere, thereby preserving the hegemony of men in the public sphere by which this male-dominated mentality or namely hegemonic masculinity excludes all forms of others and tries to preserve hierarchical structures. In this regard, the citizenship and the gender regime bound to each other function as an exclusion mechanism that prevents tolerance and pluralism in society and the political sphere.
This study is an effort to reveal how patriarchy is embedded in different societal and state structures, including the economy, juvenile penal justice system, popular culture, economic sphere, ethnic minorities, and social movements in Turkey. All the articles share the common ground that the political and economic sphere, societal values, and culture produce conservatism regenerate patriarchy and hegemonic masculinity in both society and the state sphere. This situation imprisons women within their houses and makes non-heterosexuals invisible in the public sphere, thereby preserving the hegemony of men in the public sphere by which this male-dominated mentality or namely hegemonic masculinity excludes all forms of others and tries to preserve hierarchical structures. In this regard, the citizenship and the gender regime bound to each other function as an exclusion mechanism that prevents tolerance and pluralism in society and the political sphere.
