Intersecting Identities: Context and Change in the Case of Mardinian Arabs

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Küçük, Murat

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Identity have come to fore in daily life, political life and social sciences in recent years. Debates on the ways how identity can be studied and conceptualized have been varying. There needs to make critical studies on multicultural Mardin using current theoretical possibilities. The reason of why Mardin is selected as the case of this study is that the significant role of identity in people living in Mardin as a multi-religious and multi-ethnic site. However, because of that "difference" which is expressed in the "cultural diversity" is understood with only ethnic and religious belongings, social class and gender are generally neglected. In this thesis, identity is studied as intersectionality of ethnicity, social class, and gender differences. It is focused on where, how and how certain identity expressions are selected. Accordingly, it is tried to be revealed that identity is not fixed and essentialist, rather is historical, contextual and contingent in the case of Mardinian Arabs. The most suitable data generation method for this research question is interviewing and participant observation as a part of living experience in the researching site.

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Arabs, Mardin (Turkey), Mardin (Turkey)

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/21874

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M. Küçük, “Intersecting Identities: Context and Change in the Case of Mardinian Arabs,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2012.