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Accepted Paper:
Everyday Islam for childless women in Northwestern Turkey
Merve Goknar
Paper short abstract:
Religious practices and conversations about religion comprise a major part of quotidian activities in the two villages in northwestern Turkey - where I did my research about childlessness.This paper discusses the significance of everyday Islam as a gendered locus for socialization.
Paper long abstract:
Religious practices and conversations about religion comprise a major part of quotidian activities in the two villages in northwestern Turkey - where I did my research about childlessness. Men's and women's everyday interaction with Islam dominated their ways of thinking, acting and especially socializing. This paper discusses the significance of everyday Islam as a gendered locus for socialization. Women's gatherings for reading the Koran are one example of Islam's presence in their social lives. The paper explores the ways in which the Koran and the hadith as discursive resources of Islam influence the power relations and everyday practices. People in these villages frequently invoked canonical texts and the hadith to authorize certain practices. The common acceptance of the idea that women are weak and need protection by men limited women's mobility while the Islamic discourse of Everything is God-given, helped childless women navigate the challenges of childless life.
Gendering 'everyday Islam'
Session 1