Murathan Mungan's Female Identity in High Heels Cover Image

Murathan Mungan’in Yüksek Topuklar Romaninda Kadin Kimliği
Murathan Mungan's Female Identity in High Heels

Author(s): Beyhan Kanter
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Novel, Turkish Literature, Culture and social structure
Published by: Uluslararası Kıbrıs Üniversitesi
Keywords: Yüksek Topuklar; woman; identity; social gender;

Summary/Abstract: Murathan Mungan, in his novel named Yüksek Topuklar, served the position of the woman identity in the social structure along with woman’s inner world. In the novel, an effort to explain other women by the central character who have felt social gender phenomenon dated from her childhood is seen. Character, on the other hand reaches her own awareness during this process. In this study, we will consider the construction of woman identities in the Yüksek Topuklar novel at length over the central character, Nermin.

  • Issue Year: 16/2010
  • Issue No: 63
  • Page Range: 91-98
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Turkish