Turkish Family Narratives

The Relationships between Mothers- and Daughters-in-Law

Bibliographic Data

ID6079422
AuthorsDikmen Yakali-Çamoğlu (Doğuş University), Dikmen Yakalı-Çamoğlu (Doğuş University, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume32
Issue2
Pages161-178
Publication date2007-04-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Family History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0363-1990 • E-ISSN: 1552-5473
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0363199006297508
OpenAlexW1991782455
LanguageEN
Citations received7

Through an analysis of eighteen family history interviews conducted with elderly women from Istanbul, this article examines the nature of the relationships between mothers- and daughters-in-law in Turkey between 1923 and the 1940s. This period marks the foundation of the republic and the Kemalist reforms that transform the way of life in society. The theory of narrative identity and the definition of family as a group of people who narrate the same story from generation to generation form the backbone of this study. The main themes of the interview data point out a kind of power relationship similar to Foucault's understanding of power and its use in everyday life. Thus, a social constructionist/hermeneutic position is adopted which integrates seemingly different theoretical conceptualizations like narrative identity, Foucault's concept of power, and Bourdieu's concepts of economic and cultural capital

Aesthetics · Family life · Narrative · Sociology · Turkish · Contemporary and Historical Greek Studies · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Turkey's Politics and Society

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