مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - WOMEN’S BEHAVIOUR IN LEISURE TIME: PERSPECTIVE OF ETHNIC GROUP

Abstract :

This research was conducted to determine the differences between the leisure time behaviors of ethnic groups that concentrate in the general population in Turkey. For this purpose, the similarities and differences of the leisure time behaviors of the women who are being from the different culture and ethnic groups are studied and the experience of those women is utilized. Interview method, which is a qualitative research technique, is used as the method of this research and data were analyzed descriptively. According to the descriptive analysis results that are based on the five determined titles; it was found out that the elements like family, friend and social circle which complement the individual are significantly similar in women who belong to different ethnic groups, the participants never cease to live according to their cultural traditions however they limit this with their own environment, they live hegemonic and ideological “relative freedoms” in participation to recreative activities in a similar manner.