Untidy Gender: Domestic Service in Turkey (Women In The Political Economy) - Softcover

Ozyegin, Gul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1566398088 ISBN 13: 9781566398084

Publisher: Temple University Press, 2000

Synopsis

Takes the reader into the interconnected worlds of Turkish maids and the women who employ them. The study is based on a survey of domestic workers, in-depth interviews and participant observation. It refines the central terms of feminist scholarship and research on work in the informal sector.

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From the Publisher:

Interviews with Turkish maids yield surprising facts about class and gender roles.

From the Inside Flap:

"A sophisticated and sensitive text on domestic service in Turkey that singles itself out by a powerful account of the micro-sociology of power. It engages the reader in much broader debates about the mutual relations of class and gender, the role of patriarchal controls in shaping informal female labor markets and the management of status differentials by women in their daily lives. And important scholarly contribution written in a lucid and accessible style." —Deniz Kandiyoti, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

"Untidy Gender makes contributions to a large number of debates in several social science fields and sub-fields. And it does so on an extraordinarily sound methodological base: Ozyegin was able to construct a random sample for her 'women in the basement.' This is the gold standard of research, and may be unique in the research annals of studies of domestic workers." —Rae Lesser Blumberg, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Sociology, University of Virginia

"This original book sheds new light on the dynamics of modernity and newly constituted urban identities. Through a careful ethnographic study of paid domestic work, Ozyegin illuminates the varied ways in which relations of class and gender inequalities are shaped and maintained. American audiences interested in rural-urban migrants, in intersectionalities of race, class, and gender, and in identities, power, and resistance in the workplace will find some of the most compelling ethnography and many valuable theoretical nuggets in this book." —Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Southern California

"Ozyegin presents a cutting-edge analysis of the complexities of modernization by focusing on gender relations. While avoiding numerous rhetorical traps around questions of 'difference' Ozyegin seamlessly weaves together a thoughtfully articulated theory with a meticulous empirical analysis of patriarchal and class relations among modern urban women and more traditional migrant women living at the margins of modernity. Given its significant substantive and theoretical contributions, I will look forward to teaching Untidy Gender in my courses." —Judith M. Gerson, Associate Professor, Departments of Sociology and Women's Studies, Rutgers University, New Brunswick

About this edition

• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1566398088
• ISBN 13: 9781566398084
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 276