Good Muslims and "Bad Muslims," "Good" Women and Feminists

Negotiating Identities in Northern Cyprus (Or, the Condom Story)

Bibliographic Data

ID3570955
AuthorsMoira Killoran (University of California, San Francisco, corresponding author)
Year1998
Volume26
Issue2
Pages183-203
Publication date1998-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthos (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0091-2131 • E-ISSN: 1548-1352
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1525/eth.1998.26.2.183
OpenAlexW2121124320
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited20

This article examines the intersection of a "good/bad Muslim" identity with national, cultural, and gender categories in northern Cyprus. It analyzes the cultural and historical articulation of a modern, Western "bad Muslim" identity, and describes "the condom story," an event where some Turkish Cypriot women attempted to transgress the social boundaries around gender roles. It is argued that the complex negotiations over a national identity (Cypriot and/or Turkish), a modern identity (Eastern and/or Western), and a religious identity (Muslim and/or secular) result in contradictory messages about gender and sexuality for Turkish Cypriot women. This examination of identity negotiations-principally a bad Muslim identity, and of women's various attempts to subvert societal pressures-ultimately reveals some of the cultural controls over women's gender identity, particularly their sexuality, in Turkish Cypriot society

Condom · Family medicine · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Negotiation · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Cyprus History, Politics, Society · Gender Studies · Medicine · Philippine History and Culture · Turkey's Politics and Society

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