This thesis mainly aims to understand how construction of gay identity differentiates in
terms of class inequalities. Regarding the conceptual framework of Deniz Kandiyoti, it
inquires in what way class position reshapes the experience of gay sexuality and how
gay men of different classes bargain with heteronormative order through different
perceptions of homoeroticism and gender identities. In discussing this issue, how gay
men identify themselves, how they represent their body, how they interact with and
percieve other gay men, how they percieve masculinity and femininity in construction of
gender identities engender as primary questions to understand plurality of gay
experience. These featured aspects of gay experience in Turkey entail a dynamic process
in the way of both multiple formation of gay experience due to class differences and
contradictory character of such plurality. Perception of other forms of gay experience is
included to the discussion for understanding a comprehensive analysis for plurality of
gay experience.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12612742/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 September 2010 |
| Creators | Ural, Haktan |
| Contributors | Bespinar, Umut Fatma |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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