CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2008
| Author | Arioglu, Meltem |
|---|---|
| Title | TWO CASES OF GARMENT SWEATSHOPS IN ISTANBUL: FAMILIALISM AND ETHNICITY IN THE SWEATSHOP |
| Summary | This paper is an attempt to look at the issue of labor control in the two garment sweatshops of İstanbul from a perspective that takes into account and makes sense of gender and ethnicity. I conducted interviews with female workers and sweatshop owners in two sweatshops and did participant observation. I offer explanations for different labor control strategies, mechanisms and practices - ranging from ‘familial’ to traditional labor control mechanisms. I argue that familialism is a core ideology in the first sweatshop - and a purely gendered one – which ensures consensual control of the female workers. This study draws on Michael Burawoy’s notion of ideological structure of the workplace and emphasizes the necessity of taking other ideologies into account as that are not only produced in the workplace, but rather originate in societal and traditional relationships produced in families and communities (such as gender and ethnicity). Whereas gendered relationships and practices can be seen more easily in the sweatshops, ethnicity is generally more hidden and requires a careful reading and analysis. |
| Supervisor | Fodor, Eva; Loutfi, Anna |
| Department | Gender Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2008/arioglu_meltem.pdf |
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