Born Factories: Women's Labor in Carpet Workshops in Rural Turkey.

Berik, Gunseli

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Publication Date: 1989

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Born Factories: Women's Labor in Carpet Workshops in Rural Turkey.

Berik, Gunseli

International Studies Notes, v14 n3 p62-66,76 Fall 1989

Reports a study carried out in 10 villages in Central and Western Turkey. Finds that due to the extended family social structure in rural Turkey, women who work in carpet workshops do not have autonomy. Contends that carpet workshops actually perpetuate female gender subordination. (GG)

Descriptors: Family Structure, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Industrial Structure, International Education, Power Structure, Social Science Research, Social Structure, Sociocultural Patterns, Womens Studies

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Turkey

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