Classes and Status Groups in Times of Great Transformation: Reading Agrarian Change in Çukurova through the Lens of Yaşar Kemal
| Autor: | Burak Gürel |
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| Jazyk: | German<br />English<br />French<br />Turkish |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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| Zdroj: | Hacettepe Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, Vol 36, Iss 2, Pp 209-220 (2019) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1301-5737 64981428 |
| DOI: | 10.32600/huefd.433296 |
| Popis: | This study investigates the changing positions of social classes and status groups during the capitalist transformation of agriculture in Turkish Çukurova region throughout the last century from the perspective of Yaşar Kemal’s literary works. The study begins with a methodological discussion on the use of literary works in historical and sociological studies. It stresses three points regarding the agrarian change in Çukurova. Firstly, the resistance of lower classes to the capitalist agrarian transformation had a wide scope spanning from the Luddite-type machine-breaking to land and labor struggles. Secondly, proletarianized villagers viewed wage work as a temporary rather than a permanent condition, which would help them accumulate funds and engage with small-scale farming. Finally, transformations of classes and status groups were closely related. While the previous generations of landlords remained loyal to precapitalist social norms, failed to adapt to capitalist transformation and thereby declined, new generations started to rise, embracing profit maximization as the main goal. |
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