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“Kaplumbağa’nin Özgürlüğü”: Kadinlar Ve Ev İçi Emek
Freedom of Frog: Women and Domestic Labour

Author(s): Melike Kaplan
Subject(s): Gender Studies, National Economy, Labor relations, Human Resources in Economy, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Uluslararası Kıbrıs Üniversitesi
Keywords: Woman; Domestic Labor; Women’s Labor;

Summary/Abstract: This study evaluates the present situation of the process of woman’s domestic labor in Turkey, which has become an important issue in recent years. This article was inspired by the work of Nancy Lindisfarne, Şam’da Raks, the story of “Kaplumbağa” (Turtoise). The process of woman’s domestic labor in Turkey has been discussed in this article through this significant story of Lindisfarne, which was based on her ethnographic study in Damascus.

  • Issue Year: 17/2011
  • Issue No: 65
  • Page Range: 163-172
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Turkish