Welcoming immigrants in Istanbul

Gendering faith-based and professionalised hospitality

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2399673
AutoresNazlı Şenses (0000-0002-3473-7604, Başkent University, autor de correspondencia), Fataneh Farahani (0000-0001-5427-4152, Stockholm University)
Año2021
Volumen57
Número3
Páginas725-742
Fecha de publicación2021-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Sociology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1440-7833 • E-ISSN: 1741-2978
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/14407833211031666
OpenAlexW3190792287
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas40

This article examines the hospitality practices of pro-migrant civil society organisations in Istanbul. Drawing from qualitative interviews, we focus on intersecting gendered, professionalised and faith-based aspects of pro-migrant activities and explore the ways that politically and morally charged ambivalences of hospitality practices are articulated and negotiated. Moreover, by contextualising Turkey's religious and geopolitical particularity as a gatekeeper of Europe, we work with Derrida's concept of plural laws to investigate hospitality practices towards refugees in Istanbul. Civil actors' intentions and attempts to be good citizens, Muslims, and care providers expose the intimate aspects of hospitality - a segue into discourses of displaced subjects' (gendered) deservingness. By portraying how macro-micro, global-local and public-private relations condition hospitality practices, we observe how globalisation is lived intimately, influencing perceptions of deservingness and the prioritisation of displaced subjects' needs

Faith · Focus group · Globalization · Hospitality · Immigration · Plural · Political science · Refugee · Sociology · Tourism · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Turkey's Politics and Society