Citation

Keskin-Kozat B. Cult. Dyn. 2003; 15(2): 183-211.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0921374003015002003

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This article focuses on the experiences of Konca Kuriş, a veiled Turkish activist, in order to explore the meaning of feminism and the construction of the feminist subject in the non-West. I specifically argue that feminist activism gains meaning in and through interactions among different groups of women and within larger historical discourses. Through a focused analysis of 20th-century Turkish political history, I unpack the multilayered formation and reception of Kuriş's experiences with respect to the nationalist trajectory of secularization, interactions among local feminist groups, and the patriarchal Islamist elite.