Construction of normality in the gecekondu settlement
Experience of place, social pressure, and tactics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2402835 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Leyla Bektaş Ata (0000-0002-7929-2469, Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Publication date | 2023-05-10 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1466-1381 • E-ISSN: 1741-2714 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/14661381231171300 |
| OpenAlex | W4376106607 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 21 |
This article aims to interrogate the construction of normality with a view to a squatter metropolitan setting in İzmir, Turkey. In doing so, I focus on the everyday experiences of the inhabitants in Limontepe and frame them in the context of place-making. I read the concept of 'normal' through Bourdieu's notion of habitus and refer to women's micro-practices in drawing its contours. Women, living within the boundaries of normality use tactics to cope with the existing normal and related interventions to their bodies, movements, and thoughts. Ethnographic research is the key to understanding inhabitants' gendered experiences with space
Context (archaeology · Ethnography · Geography · Habitus · Metropolitan area · Normality · Settlement (finance · Sociology · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Psychology · Public Spaces through Art · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Psychology · Turkey's Politics and Society
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |