Seeing the Belly Dance as a Feminist Possibility: Gaze, Gender and Public Space in İstanbul
Bu çalışma, kadim bir dans formu olan göbek dansı üzerinden Türkiye'de kamusal alanda kadın bedeninin erkek bakışı tarafından çevrelenmesini ele alır. Göbek dansını kolektif bir ritüel olmaktan çıkarıp erkek bakışına hizmet eden bir anlayışa dönüştüren eğlence sektörüne bir alternatif olarak, dansı feminist bir pratiğe dönüştürebilmenin ve kolektif bir hareket olarak sunabilmenin olasılıklarını önerir. Bu çalışma Susturulmuş Grup Teorisi üzerinden çerçevelenir ve ayrıca görsel sanat alanından çeşitli kadın sanatçıların ürettiği çeşitli işleri de diğer feminist stratejiler olarak örnekler. Göbek dansını feminist bir kimliğin parçası olarak görebilmenin ve sahiplenmenin olanaklarını sanat üzerinden temellendirir
Feminist Bir Olasılık Olarak Göbek Dansı: İstanbul’da Bakış, Cinsiyet ve Kamusal Alan
This paper discusses the ancient form of belly dance as an example to speak more in depth about the public spaces of Istanbul, where the female body is constantly under surveillance by the male gaze. Over thousands of years, the ancient dance form of belly dance has been transformed from a collective women’s ritual to a form of entertainment that serves the male gaze. This paper looks for the possibilities tore-define belly dance as a feminist counter strategy to revive its essence. Framed by the Muted Group Theory, this paper also exemplifies various artworks and strategies produced by female artists and analyze them in the light of this theory. It also searches for redefining the belly dance as part of a feminist identity and asks whether these artistic strategies could be pathways in re-defining belly dance as a feminist practice
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- ISSN: 1302-9916
- Yayın Aralığı: Yılda 2 Sayı
- Başlangıç: 2000
- Yayıncı: Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi Kadın Araştırmaları ve Eğitimi Merkezi
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Seeing the Belly Dance as a Feminist Possibility: Gaze, Gender and Public Space in İstanbul
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