Gender, class, and respectability in leisure : understanding women's 'free time activities' in modern Turkey /

"This book interrogates the role of gender and class in shaping women's everyday leisure practices. Drawing on empirical research in urban Turkey, the book explores how leisure is perceived and practised by women within their communities. The book examines the relationship of women's...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Demirbaş, Gökben (Author)
Corporate Author:	Taylor & Francis
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2025.
Series:	Routledge critical leisure studies
Subjects:	Leisure > Turkey > Sociological aspects. Women > Turkey > Social conditions. Social classes > Turkey. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 The Structure and Agency Debate: Identifying the Margins of Feminist Leisure Research
Chapter 3 Respectability: A Framework for Studying Leisure
Chapter 4 Context Matters: A History of the Changing Modes of Respectable Femininity in Modern Turkey
Chapter 5 Spatial and Communal Characteristics of Respectable Femininity: An Introduction to the Empirical Analysis
Chapter 6 Responsibility: Or Labouring for Leisure
Chapter 7 Contested Spaces: Family, Community, and Women's Leisure
Chapter 8 Solidarity and Status: Neighbouring as an Everyday Leisure Activity
Chapter 9 Concluding Thoughts
Appendix 1: Demographic Information of the Sample from Panayır Neighbourhood
Appendix 2: Demographic Information of the Sample from Yasemin Park Neighbourhood
Index.