Title of article
What is the change in the lives of women in Dikmen shanty settlement area dependent upon?
Author/Authors
Kaya, M. Tuğba Ankara Üniversitesi - İletişim Fakültesi Doktora, Turkey
From page
102
Abstract
In Ankara, Upper Dikmen, there is a shanty settlement area surrounded by shopping malls and plazas to meet the needs of upper-middle class elites. A multi-front war is being fought between those who want to seize it through all kinds of methods to make use of the great revenue yielding potential of the area, and residents who have developed different cooperation and struggle methods as well as resistance lines for the last five years. This article focuses on how the daily life circumstances and socio-economic status were influenced and changed of the women who oppose the demolition of their houses mainly in the last five years, using the results of observation of the area and in-depth interviews conducted with nine women residents.
Keywords
Daily life , women , shanty , change , cooperation
Journal title
Fe Journal: Feminist
Journal title
Fe Journal: Feminist
Record number
2598821
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