Cultural Determinants of Liminal Lives in Rural Anatolia
Patriarchal Veils Framing Infants’ Destinies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12968587 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yaprak Civelek (0000-0002-5551-4696, Istanbul Arel University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Publication date | 2015-05-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Review of European Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1918-7173 • E-ISSN: 1918-7181 |
| Publisher | Canadian Center of Science and Education (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5539/res.v7n7p46 |
| OpenAlex | W1553576959 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 22 |
This study focuses on my field experiences conducting the Turkey Demographic and Health Surveys, Turkey Maternal Mortality Survey, and extensive use of qualitative research on family planning and induced abortion in Turkey since 1993. During the surveys, I had the opportunity to gather substantial information about women’s everyday experiences in relation to traditional practices, approaches to health and health care, as well as women’s attitudes and emotional contexts. The women’s narratives included heartbreaking and tragic experiences related to traditional gender norms within the families. In this paper, I examine the effect of patriarchal/gender hierarchies on the experiences of brides in relation to infant mortality data through a qualitative approach based on observations, field notes, and in-depth interviews with women. This research questions the impact of the culturally determined gender and age hierarchies within these extended families on the liminal life of infants and their mothers in Anatolia. How do these relationships determine the life courses of infants during their initial years? The concepts of “liminality” and development of “personhood” frame the theoretical grounds to further articulate bride/mother/infant visibility and invisibility within these families and the experiences of infant mortality
Developmental psychology · Framing (construction · Geography · Invisibility · Liminality · Narrative · Personhood · Political science · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Gender Studies · Islamic Studies and History · Psychology · Turkey's Politics and Society
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Justice, gender, and the family
Alternative Kinship, Marriage, and Reproduction
Death Without Weeping
Discipline and Punish
The Seed and the Soil
Liminality and Communitas
Discipline and Punish
The Anthropology of the Beginnings and Ends of Life
The Logic of Practice
The importance of being intuitive
The Romance of Patriarchy
Gender Inequality and Cultural Differences
Life Begins When They Steal Your Bicycle
Is Female to Male as Nature is to Culture
Feminism, Marxism, Method, and the State
The Rites of Passage
The Ritual Process
Bargaining With Patriarchy
Postmodernism and Gender Relations in Feminist Theory
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,09 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2015 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |