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Imagi-Nation of Gendered Nationalism: the Representation of Women As Gendered National Subjects in Ottoman-Turkish Novels (1908-1938) IMAGI-NATION OF GENDERED NATIONALISM: THE REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN AS GENDERED NATIONAL SUBJECTS IN OTTOMAN-TURKISH NOVELS (1908-1938) The Institute of Economics and Social Sciences of Bilkent University by ELİF GÖZDAŞOĞLU KÜÇÜKALİOĞLU In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in THE DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION BILKENT UNIVERSITY ANKARA November 2005 I certify that I have read this thesis and in my opinion it is fully adequate, in scope and in quality, as a thesis for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science and Public Administration. ………………………… Assist. Prof. Dr. Banu Helvacıoğlu Supervisor I certify that I have read this thesis and in my opinion it is fully adequate, in scope and in quality, as a thesis for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science and Public Administration. ………………………… Assist. Prof. Dr. Alev Çınar Examining Committee Member I certify that I have read this thesis and in my opinion it is fully adequate, in scope and in quality, as a thesis for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science and Public Administration. ………………………… Assist. Prof. Dr. Trevor Hope Examining Committee Member I certify that I have read this thesis and in my opinion it is fully adequate, in scope and in quality, as a thesis for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science and Public Administration. ………………………… Assist. Prof. Dr. Laurent Mignon Examining Committee Member I certify that I have read this thesis and in my opinion it is fully adequate, in scope and in quality, as a thesis for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science and Public Administration. ………………………… Dr. Berrak Burçak Examining Committee Member Approval of the Institute of Economics and Social Sciences ………………………… Prof. Dr. Erdal Erel Director ABSTRACT IMAGI-NATION OF GENDERED NATIONALISM: THE REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN AS GENDERED NATIONAL SUBJECTS IN OTTOMAN- TURKISH NOVELS (1908-1938) Elif Gözdaşoğlu Küçükalioğlu Department of Political Science and Public Administration Supervisor: Banu Helvacıoğlu The relation between gender and nationalism has been a controversial issue since the 1980’s when the feminist analyses have brought to light different ways in which women are implicated in nationalist projects. Although the feminist literature contains several insights about the significance and implications of women’s symbolic role in nationalist projects, the representation of women as gendered national subjects in cultural productions is not fully examined. The starting point for this study has been Anderson’s definition of nation as an imagined community according to which individuals imagine that they belong to same national collectivity in their minds. Even though Anderson talks about the member of the imagined community as gender free subject, it is obvious that each and every member of this community is imagined either as a male or a female subject. Being a female or male subject, in turn, affects the form of belonging to the imagined community. In this study, I examine the claim that gendered imagination determines the symbolic roles and meanings attributed to the membership of a collective identity, that is the nation. In order to understand the ongoing production of gendered nation in Anderson’s sense which is mainly realized in cultural domain, novels play a significant role in terms of representing the imagined boundaries and functioning as mediums through which cultural difference is expressed. As it is mentioned, the link between national formation and the novel is not accidental. The novel can be used as a place where different and conflicting problems are debated through the representation of some imaginary figures. The aim of this study is to examine the making of women as gendered national subjects in the novels in the pre- Republican (Ottoman-Turkish) and early Republican period (1908-1938) by focusing on women’s images and to analyze the formation of gendered national identity. By examining women’s images in the novels, my objective is to identify some of the specific features of Turkish nationalism. Keywords: Nationalism, Gender, Imagination, Women’s Images, Novel, Westernization. iv ÖZET TOPLUMSAL CİNSİYETÇİ MİLLİYETÇİLİK: KADINLARIN TOPLUMSAL CİNSİYETÇİ MİLLİYETÇİLİK BAĞLAMINDA OSMANLI-TÜRK ROMANLARINDA TEMSİLİ (1908-1938) Elif Gözdaşoğlu Küçükalioğlu Siyaset Bilimi ve Kamu Yönetimi Bölümü Tez Yöneticisi: Banu Helvacıoğlu Toplumsal cinsiyet kimlikleri ve milliyetçilik arasındaki ilişki, 1980’den itibaren kadınların milliyetçi projelerde çeşitli şekilllerde tanımlanmalarına ışık tutan feminist çalışmaları ile tartışılır bir konu haline gelmiştir. Her ne kadar feminist literatür kadınların milliyetçi projelerdeki sembolik rolünün önemi ve anlamı hakkında birçok saptamayı içeriyor olsa da, kadınların kültürel üretimlerdeki temsili konusu tam anlamıyla incelenmemiştir. Bu çalışmanın hareket noktası Anderson’ın, hayali cemaat olarak millet tanımıdır. Bu tanıma göre, insanlar aynı milli topluluğa ait olduklarını akıllarında hayal ederler. Her ne kadar Anderson hayali cemaatin bireyini cinsiyet kimliğinden bağımsız olarak ele alsa da, bu topluluğun her bir bireyinin erkek ya da kadın özne olarak kurgulandığı açıktır. Kadın veya erkek bir özne olma durumu ise hayali cemaaate ait olma biçimini etkiler. Bu çalışmada, toplumsal cinsiyete dayalı kurgunun kollektif bir kimlik olan ulusun bireyi olmaya atfedilen sembolik roller ve anlamları belirlediği görüşünü inceleyeceğim. Romanlar hayal edilmiş sınırları temsil etmeleri ve kültürel farklılığı ifade eden araçlar olarak işlev görmeleri nedeniyle toplumsal cinsiyetçi milletin, Anderson’ın ifade ettiği gibi temel olarak kültürel alanda sürekli devam eden üretimini anlamada, önemli bir rol oymaktadırlar. Belirtildiği gibi, roman ve ulusal oluşum arasındaki bağlantı tesadüfi değildir. Roman farklı ve birbiriyle çelişen sorunların hayali kahramanların temsili ile tartışıldığı bir alan olarak kullanılabilir. Bu çalışmanın amacı Cumhuriyet öncesi (Osmanlı-Türk) ve erken dönem Cumhuriyet dönemi (1908-1938) romanlarında kadın imajlarına odaklanarak kadınların toplumsal cinsiyetçi milliyetçilik bağlamında kurgusunu incelemek ve toplumsal cinsiyetçi milli kimliğin oluşumunu analiz etmektir. Amacım, romanlardaki kadın imajlarını inceleyerek Türk milliyetçiliğinin belirli özelliklerinden bazılarını ortaya çıkarmaktır. Anahtar Kelimeler: Milliyetçilik, Toplumsal Cinsiyet, Kurgulama, Kadın İmajları, Roman, Batılılaşma v ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I am grateful to my supervisor Banu Helvacıoğlu whose constructive and teaching comments; and motivating friendship have always been a source of inspiration for me to complete this thesis. I would like to thank Alev Çınar for her important remarks and for her invaluable help in revising the thesis. I appreciate the Turkish Academy of Sciences which awarded me a doctoral research grant and the Centre D’Etudes et de Relations Internationales (CERI) which provided me the opportunity to conduct my research. I am very grateful to my parents Sevgi and Rifat Gözdaşoğlu; who have always helped me get through the difficult times and encouraged me to complete this thesis with their affection, endless tolerance and moral support. I owe thanks to my sister Ebru for her sense of humor and for her friendship. Finally and most importantly, I am deeply indebted with my husband Selim who not only went through the ups and downs with me but contributed to every stage of this thesis by his positive remarks, encouragement and patience. vi TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT……………………………………………………………………………..iv ÖZET…………………………………………………………………………………….v ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS..……………………………………………………………vi TABLE OF CONTENTS……………………………………………………………...vii CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………...1 1.1. Aim and Significance of the Thesis……………………...………………………….1 1.2. Methodology of the Thesis………………………………………………………...12 1.3. Overview of the Thesis…………………………………………………………….15 CHAPTER II: PROBLEMATIZING GENDERED NATIONALISM: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GENDER AND NATION……………………………..22 2.1. Introduction………………………………………………………………………...22 2.2. Defining ‘Nation’ and ‘Gender'................................................................................23 2.3. Theorizing Nationalism…………………………………………………………….29 2.4. Feminist Analyses on Gender and Nationalism……………………………………38 2.5. Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………54 CHAPTER III: PROBLEMATIZING GENDERED NATIONALISM IN THE THIRD WORLD………………………………………………………………………………...56 3.1. Introduction………………………………………………………………………...56 3.2. Third World Nationalism…………………………………………………………..58 3.3. Women in the Third World Context……………………………………………….64 3.4. Specific Dimensions of Gendered Nationalism……………………………………70 vii 3.4.1. Women as Objects of Nationalist Discourse…………………………...71 3.4.2. Educating the Mind and Reconstructing the Patriarchy………………..75 3.4.3. Women’s Bodies and Sexuality………………………………………...81 3.4.4. Motherhood…………………………………………………………….91 3.4.5. Both of and Not of the Nation………………………………………….96 3.4.6. Feminine Images of the Nation……………………………………….107 3.4.7. Female Mythical Figures……………………………………………...113 3.5. Conclusion………………………………………………………………………..117 CHAPTER IV: THE ROLE OF LITERATURE IN THE CONTEXT OF NATIONALISM............................................................................................................120 4.1. Introduction…………………………………………………………………….…120 4.2. The Making of National Subjects in Literature…………………………………..122 4.3. The Role of Literature in the Third World Context.……………………….……..131
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