Negotiating power and relationship throughout marital life: narratives of middle-aged women from Turkey

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dc.authoridUstunel, Anil/0000-0002-1983-6372|Boratav, Hale/0000-0002-1531-9407
dc.authorwosidUstunel, Anil/JNS-8719-2023
dc.contributor.authorUstunel, Anil Ozge
dc.contributor.authorBoratav, Hale Bolak
dc.contributor.authorFisek, Guler Okman
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-18T20:45:12Z
dc.date.available2024-07-18T20:45:12Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.departmentİstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractIntersectional approaches call for the study of gender-power relations as dynamic processes shaped in the context of social structures and locations, and invite the representation of diverse voices. However, these ideas are yet to be fully embraced in empirical family and marriage research. The present study addresses this gap and employs a qualitative design to investigate women's accounts of the spousal relationship and marital power over their marital life cycles in a non-Western context, Turkey. Data comes from individual interviews with 24 middle-aged women who come from different socio-economic levels and reside in different parts of the country. The analysis was conducted in two steps. In the first step, an inductive thematic analysis revealed 4 main themes: (1) transition to marriage, (2) relating to domesticity, (3) negotiating marital power, and (4) emotional tone of marriage. In the second step, a deductive rereading of the data demonstrated variations among women's experiences depending mostly on the intersection of patriarchal tradition with their socio-economic realities, and partly on their geographical locations. Women's accounts pointed to diverse ways of negotiating marital relationship and power over time, including traditional accommodation, resistance/opposition, and sharing/mutual love. The study argues that an intersectional lens can provide new insights into women's agency, empowerment and increasing autonomy in marital relations.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipKoc University; Istanbul Bilgi University Scientific Research Funden_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported by Koc University Prof. Dr. Cigdem Kagitcibasi Human Development Research Award; Istanbul Bilgi University Scientific Research Fund.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/13229400.2022.2045211
dc.identifier.endpage1345en_US
dc.identifier.issn1322-9400
dc.identifier.issn1839-3543
dc.identifier.issue3en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85126000827en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2en_US
dc.identifier.startpage1319en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/13229400.2022.2045211
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11411/7454
dc.identifier.volume29en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000763194600001en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherRoutledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltden_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Family Studiesen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectİntersectionalityen_US
dc.subjectWomenen_US
dc.subjectMarriageen_US
dc.subjectMarital Poweren_US
dc.subjectAgencyen_US
dc.subjectSocio-Economic Statusen_US
dc.subjectTurkeyen_US
dc.subjectCouple-Initiated Marriagesen_US
dc.subjectSocial-Changeen_US
dc.subjectFamilyen_US
dc.subjectIntersectionalityen_US
dc.subjectGenderen_US
dc.subjectPerspectivesen_US
dc.subjectDimensionsen_US
dc.subjectPatriarchyen_US
dc.subjectHusbandsen_US
dc.subjectFeministen_US
dc.titleNegotiating power and relationship throughout marital life: narratives of middle-aged women from Turkeyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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