CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2009
| Author | Mehdi, Gulnura Mahammad |
|---|---|
| Title | Early Marriages in Rural Azerbaijan |
| Summary | The aim of this work was to do a study of early marriages in rural Azerbaijan looking at such marriages in a village in the western part of Azerbaijan in order to find out about the factors that lead to early marriages and how women in such marriages are affected. In order to pursue this goal I interviewed thirty-five people between the ages of thirteen and eighty-six years old including twenty-one women and fourteen men in one of the villages in Azerbaijan. The main research questions which I attempted to answer in this thesis were: What are the factors that lead to early marriages in rural Azerbaijan? While a marriage is arranged by parents do they take into consideration their daughter’s consent? Is arranged marriage the only pattern of early marriage? How does education in families affect the issue of early marriages and how does early marriage affect the process of education of women? How do age, gender and reproduction interact and affect a woman’s status in the households characterized by patriarchal power relationships? The inquiry is situated in the field of research on gender relations in marriage and households characterized by patriarchal power relations. The thesis was an attempt to discuss the determinants of early marriages and how such marriages affect women’s lives and to challenge the victimization discourses of women in early marriages. |
| Supervisor | Zimmermann, Susan |
| Department | Gender Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2009/mehdi_gulnura.pdf |
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