Fragmentary encounters in a moral world: household power relations and gender politics. (Turkey)

From: Ethnology | Date: December 22, 1996| Author: | Copyright information

A deconstruction of household relations in the village of Sakli in rural Turkey reveals that moral values act as a screen for power relations. Most heads of households are men, who exert power over the lives of women, children and other dependents under the guise of a responsibility to care for the weak. Values of paternal authority, virilocal residence and property entitlements are couched as moral values, but act to enhance gender and age differences within households.

Despite numerous studies of the interrelations among households, gender politics, and power contestations, more attention ...

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