Gender, Class, and Respectability in Leisure : Understanding Women's 'Free Time Activities' in Modern Turkey / Gökben Demirbas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Demirbaş, Gökben, author.

Series:

Routledge critical leisure studies.

Routledge Critical Leisure Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leisure--Sociological aspects--Turkey.

Leisure.

Women--Turkey--Social conditions.

Women.

Social classes--Turkey.

Social classes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (205 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, England : Routledge, [2025]

Summary:

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.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-04-011822-4

1-04-011818-6

1-03-265021-4

9781032650210

OCLC:

1446216642