CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2009
| Author | Saritas, Volkan |
|---|---|
| Title | THOSE IN THE BOTTOM: AN ETHNOGRAPHY OF AN EX-SEX WORKER |
| Summary | In an attempt to constitute a mediatory link to understanding the autobiographical narrative of Ayşe Tükrükçü, in this thesis, I tried to show the numerous complex aspects of her narrative. The main argument is that Ayşe Tükrükçü recounts what I call “a narrative of victimhood” to be able to open up “a political, social and personal space” for her to speak up today. The position of victimhood enables her to get –though to a very little extent- access to material and financial sources as well as a certain status in terms of social and political recognition. Yet, in doing this, Ayşe takes the dominant and mainstream ideological tenets and translates them into her personal narrative and vocabulary. In this thesis, I argue that this is not a passive translation. Her ability to highlight the ironies in the sex-gender system in Turkey as well as the political implementation of it despite her use and fluency in being part of this system points out to something: Ayşe’s narrative is a pragmatic as well as political mockery of this sex-gender system in Turkey. |
| Supervisor | Loutfi, Anna |
| Department | Gender Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2009/saritas_volkan.pdf |
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