Islamist women in the post-1980s modern Turkey: ambivalent resistence
Author
Tatlı, Ahu
Advisor
Erman, Tahire
Date
2001Publisher
Bilkent University
Language
English
Type
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Abstract
This thesis analyzes the situation of Islamist women in the post-1980’s Turkey.
Islamist women who have participated in the Islamist movement of the post-1980’s,
have become the objects of the struggle between the Islamist and secularist
ideologies. Despite their increasing public visibility, they have been rendered
invisible as active subjects, and attempted to be silenced. Islamist women are
actively struggling for their presence in the public sphere and for holding active
subject position, while rejecting the traditional ways of life. They are resisting to the
stereotypes of the ‘ideal womanhood’ imposed on them by both to the secularist and
Islamic patriarchy. However, this process of resistence, and the resultant identities
and ways of life are full of contradictions and dilemmas stemming from the
ambivalent position they are placed into by the conflict between the Islamist and
secularist ideologies.
In this thesis, the ambivalent resistance of Islamist women in the post-1980’s
Turkey is elaborated with regard to the survival and resistence strategies they
developed at the levels of both discourse and practice. Throughout the analysis,
Islamist women’s literary works and the interviews conducted with them by several
social scientists, as well as, the findings of the field research I conducted with ten
Islamist women by using feminist methodology are utilized.
This thesis aims to listen to the voices of Islamist women by moving beyond
the hegemonic framework based on secularist/ Islamist and modern/ traditional
dualities. From a feminist standpoint, the thesis tries to reveal the active agency of
Islamist women and to understand their life experiences, without falling into the trap
of re-objectifying, re-victimizing and re-silencing Islamist women in Turkey.
Keywords
Secularist ideology, Islamist ideology, Patriarchy, Islamist women, Survival/ resistance strategies, Duality of modern/ traditionalIslamist ideology
Patriarchy
Islamist women
Survival/ resistance strategies
Duality of modern/ traditional
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