1st Edition

Ethnicity, Gender and the Border Economy Living in the Turkey-Georgia Borderlands

By Latife Akyüz Copyright 2017
148 Pages
by Routledge

146 Pages
by Routledge

146 Pages
by Routledge

For whom and why are borders drawn? What are the symbolic projections of these physical realities? And what are the symbolic projections of these physical realities? Constituted by experience and memory, borders shape a "border image" in the minds and social memory of people beyond the lines of the state. In the case of the Turkey-Georgia border, the image of the border has often been constructed... Read more

Introduction

Chapter 1: From Empire To Nation State: History of the Region and the Sarp Border Gate

Chapter 2: Border Economy in Hopa: New Opportunities, New Contestations

Chapter 3: Ethnicized borders: Old boundaries, new situations: Border experiences of the ethnic groups

Chapter 4: Gendered BorderlandsConclusion: Intersection of Economy, Ethnicity and Gender on Turkey-Georgia Border

Conclusion: Intersection of Economy, Ethnicity and Gender on Turkey-Georgia Border

Biography

Latife Akyüz received her PhD from Middle East Technical University (METU) in 2013. She has held positions as a visiting scholar at Indiana University (2010), Binghamton University (2011–12) and the Center for Ethnic and Migration Studies, Liege University (2014). Her research interests are border regions, ethnicity, and gender studies, with her most recent work focusing on migrant Alevi women living in Europe. She was one of the editors of the Toplum ve Bilim (Society and Science) Special Issue on Borders and Border Studies in Turkey. She held the position of assistant professor at Duzce University from March 2014 until her suspension in 2016 due to her signing of the Academics for Peace petition.