Along with the rest of the world, the country of Turkey is beset by efforts to push women into a particular prototype. This collection of essays seeks to combat such efforts by delving below the surface of common stereotypes surrounding Turkish women. Encompassing such diverse fields of study as political science, economics, business, ethnography, history, and literature, Deconstructing Images of the Turkish Woman gathers experts from around the world to explore various images attributed to or imposed upon Turkish women. Written from the perspectives of the 1990s, the essays integrate around...

"A unique blend of theoretical insight and empirical rigor sets this book apart from similar studies on the subject."
--"Journal of Third World Studies" "Both radical and convincingly well-informed."
--"Austrian Journal of Political Science" "Arat offers a study (whose like is rare in the social sciences) that is genuinely global, theoretically well-grounded and diverse, empirically well-developed, and directly policy-relevent under specified conditions."
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