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Changes in women's activities both inside and outside the home

Women in modern Turkish society: a readerLondonPublished In 1995 • Pages: 889-111

By: Ozbay, Ferhunde.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author discusses changes in women's lives, work, and status over three periods in contemporary Turkey, 1920-1950, 1950-1970, and 1970-1980s. The author observes that in spite of economic and political changes in the country and region, women continue to identify with their families and work towards enhancing the status of the family. As men are caught up in making money and in many cases working outside their village, either in urban areas or abroad, women play an increasing role in maintaining the household and raising children. Recent economic downturn and increase in downward mobility has lessened the value of education as an avenue to social mobility and accentuated men's pursuit of money and women's efforts to hold up the family.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Division of labor by gender
Labor supply and employment
Status, role, and prestige
Gender status
Household
Education system
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Turks
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2012
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Middle East
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Middle East
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
essay
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Ethnologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Ian Skoggard; 2012
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1982
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1923-1986
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Turkey
NotesAdditional notes
Ferhunde Ozbay
Includes bibliographical references (p. 110-111)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
95122395
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Women--Turkey--Social conditions
Women in development--Turkey