When Syrian ‘girls’ meet Turkish ‘boys’: mapping gendered stories of mixed marriages

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buir.contributor.authorAkyüz, Selin
buir.contributor.authorTursun, Özgün
dc.citation.epage49en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber1en_US
dc.citation.spage29en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber28en_US
dc.contributor.authorAkyüz, Selinen_US
dc.contributor.authorTursun, Özgünen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-14T10:20:53Z
dc.date.available2020-02-14T10:20:53Z
dc.date.issued2019-02
dc.departmentDepartment of Political Science and Public Administrationen_US
dc.description.abstractThis article explores the gendered experiences and negotiations of Syrian refugee women throughout forced migration processes and the different strategies during family formation that both Turkish men and Syrian women develop in mixed marriages. Its aim is to unravel fluid gendered experiences that are different from ‘reported’ stereotypical stories in the media and ‘constructed’ in the society. By doing so, we argue that the partners’ narratives in these mixed marriages enable us to map the intricate ways in which agency is used and echoed gendered experiences of couples in forced migration and family formation. We conducted in-depth interviews with eight couples voicing different narratives on how they have negotiated with forms of hierarchies, discourses and how they have refined and transformed their refuge. The incorporation of agency into our analysis unpacked (1) heterogeneity of the spouses and their experiences; (2) potential gendered spaces/discourses to be transformed/refined; and (3) nuances of multifaceted impacts of forced migration. Hence, other than macro studies and tantalizing framings in media, this research offers a dynamic reading of gendered experiences to contribute to the growing literature on Syrian refugees.en_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1080/19436149.2018.1549215en_US
dc.identifier.eissn1943-6157
dc.identifier.issn1943-6149
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/53359
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherRoutledgeen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttps://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19436149.2018.1549215en_US
dc.source.titleMiddle East Critiqueen_US
dc.subjectFemininitiesen_US
dc.subjectMasculinitiesen_US
dc.subjectMixed marriagesen_US
dc.subjectSyriaen_US
dc.subjectTurkeyen_US
dc.titleWhen Syrian ‘girls’ meet Turkish ‘boys’: mapping gendered stories of mixed marriagesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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