Good Muslims and "Bad Muslims," "Good" Women and Feminists: Negotiating Identities in Northern Cyprus (Or, the Condom Story)
This article examines the intersection of a 'good/bad Muslim' identity with national, cultural, and gender categories in northern Cyprus. It analyzes the cultural and historical articulation of a modern, Western 'bad Muslim' identity, and describes 'the condom story,' a...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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1998
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Ethos
Year: 1998, Volume: 26, Issue: 2, Pages: 183-203 |
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| Summary: | This article examines the intersection of a 'good/bad Muslim' identity with national, cultural, and gender categories in northern Cyprus. It analyzes the cultural and historical articulation of a modern, Western 'bad Muslim' identity, and describes 'the condom story,' an event where some Turkish Cypriot women attempted to transgress the social boundaries around gender roles. It is argued that the complex negotiations over a national identity (Cypriot and/or Turkish), a modern identity (Eastern and/or Western), and a religious identity (Muslim and/or secular) result in contradictory messages about gender and sexuality for Turkish Cypriot women. This examination of identity negotiations-principally a bad Muslim identity, and of women's various attempts to subvert societal pressures-ultimately reveals some of the cultural controls over women's gender identity, particularly their sexuality, in Turkish Cypriot society. |
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| ISSN: | 1548-1352 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Ethos
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1525/eth.1998.26.2.183 |
