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Göze Saner and Saniye Dedeoğlu focus on the lives of Turkish/Kurdish women living in London. By bringing together two separate research projects, an ethnographic study of labour patterns and a participatory community theatre project (Migrant Steps), they examine the effects of neoliberalism on this particular demographic and critically assess possible strategies of resistance. The chapter asks if and how engaging with London outside the dominantly Turkish-speaking neighbourhoods may constitute a form of resistance and lead to positive transformations in the place of women within the home, the community, and the city, to greater freedom and empowerment, and to creating a space in which women can identify and define themselves outside the boundaries of being wife, mother, or daughter.
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Further details of the project including photographs, video documentation of the theatre performance, the documentary film, and a recording of a Q&A session with participants can be found at http://www.gocmenadimlar.com/en.
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Alevism is a branch of Shi’a Islam that is practised in Turkey and the Balkans among ethnic Turks and Kurds. Alevis make up 20 per cent of Turkish Muslims and comprise Turkey’s largest religious minority community. More on Alevis can be found at http://rlp.hds.harvard.edu/faq/alevism
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This is the title of the 10-year strategic framework of Arts Council England. See Arts Council England (2013) Great Art and Culture for Everyone, October (London: Arts Council England), http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/great-art-and-culture -everyone, accessed October 2016.
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Saner, G., Dedeoğlu, S. (2017). Turkish/Kurdish Women’s Migrant Steps in London: Public Walks, Personal Returns. In: Erdi, G., Şentürk, Y. (eds) Identity, Justice and Resistance in the Neoliberal City. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58632-2_8
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