Rendering responsible, provoking desire: women and home in squatter/slum renewal projects in the Turkish context

This article is situated at the intersection of urban restructuring, cultural conservatism and neoliberalism in the Turkish context to understand the new subject formations of poor women as they are relocated to high-rise apartment blocks in slum/squatter renewal projects by the prospect of homeowne...

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Published inGender, place and culture : a journal of feminist geography Vol. 24; no. 9; pp. 1283 - 1302
Main Authors Erman, Tahire, Hatiboğlu, Burcu
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 02.09.2017
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Conservatism
Consumption
Desire
Female roles
Gender roles
Gendered negotiations
Home ownership
Islam
Labor market
Loans
Neoliberalism
Participation
Patriarchy
Payments
Redevelopment
Renewal
Slums
Social reproduction
squatter/slum renewal projects
Transformation
Turkey
Urban poverty
Women
Turkey
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Summary:This article is situated at the intersection of urban restructuring, cultural conservatism and neoliberalism in the Turkish context to understand the new subject formations of poor women as they are relocated to high-rise apartment blocks in slum/squatter renewal projects by the prospect of homeownership via long-term mortgage loans. It contributes by showing the gendered effects of urban transformation on poor women as neoliberalism and conservatism interact. It draws upon two ethnographic studies that reveal women's experiences embedded both in neoliberalism and patriarchy. In neoliberalism, women's participation in the informal job market was promoted as they were made responsible for contributing to mortgage payments, and they were brought into consumption as they were provoked the desire for good homes via furnishing, and in patriarchy, women's traditional roles in social reproduction were demanded in spite of their new roles and responsibilities. The study ponders women's differentiated negotiations with patriarchy which resisted radical challenges when the family and the home framed women's new responsibilities and desires. The rising conservatism rooted in Islam in Turkey, which prioritizes the family over individual women, created the conditions for it.
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ISSN:0966-369X
1360-0524
DOI:10.1080/0966369X.2017.1382448