Gender, Class, and Respectability in Leisure
Understanding Women's 'Free Time Activities' in Modern Turkey
1st Edition
Published on 30. January 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
206 pages
978-1-032-65020-3 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced
Illustrations
3 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 4 s/w Tabellen, 3 s/w Abbildungen
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
322 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-65020-3 (9781032650203)
Schweitzer Classification
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Additional editions
Goekben Demirbas
Gender, Class, and Respectability in Leisure
Understanding Women's 'Free Time Activities' in Modern Turkey
Book
09/2024
1st Edition
Routledge
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Goekben Demirbas
Gender, Class, and Respectability in Leisure
Understanding Women's 'Free Time Activities' in Modern Turkey
E-Book
08/2024
1st Edition
Taylor & Francis
€52.49
Available for download
Goekben Demirbas
Gender, Class, and Respectability in Leisure
Understanding Women's 'Free Time Activities' in Modern Turkey
E-Book
08/2024
1st Edition
Taylor & Francis
€52.49
Available for download
Person
Gökben Demirbas is Lecturer in the Political Science and Public Administration Department at Trakya University, Turkey. She received her sociology PhD degree from the University of Glasgow in 2018. Her research interests include different aspects of the sociology of leisure with a particular focus on gender, class, everyday life, culture, urban space, youth, and citizenship.
Content
1. Introduction, 2. The Structure & Agency Debate: Identifying the Margins of Feminist Leisure Research, 3. Respectability: A Framework for Studying Leisure, 4. Context Matters: A History of the Changing Modes of Respectable Femininity in Modern Turkey, 5. Spatial and Communal Characteristics of Respectable Femininity: An Introduction to the Empirical Analysis, 6. Responsibility: Or Labouring for Leisure, 7. Contested Spaces: Family, Community and Women's Leisure, 8. Solidarity and Status: Neighbouring as an Everyday Leisure Activity, 9. Concluding Thoughts