How do you manage? An auto-ethnographic inquiry into contemporary maternal labor

dc.authoridBalic, Ilkay/0000-0003-3489-5474
dc.authorscopusid58634466200
dc.contributor.authorBalic, Ilkay
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-23T21:38:27Z
dc.date.available2024-06-23T21:38:27Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.departmentKadir Has Universityen_US
dc.department-temp[Balic, Ilkay] Kadir Has Univ, Womens Studies PhD Program, Istanbul, Turkiyeen_US
dc.descriptionBalic, Ilkay/0000-0003-3489-5474en_US
dc.description.abstractPurposeThis article tackles the intersection of mothering and labor through the author's own experience as a feminist mother/manager from Istanbul, Turkey. It aims to revisit the first years of motherhood, exploring the struggle to invent a peculiar maternal subjectivity in opposition and negotiation with the patriarchal institution of motherhood, the new definition of maternal labor in a highly digital, neoliberal context and the issue of marital fairness in a dual-income heterosexual marriage.Design/methodology/approachThe article presents an autoethnographic, retrospective and introspective inquiry into the first seven years of the author's mothering experience in order to offer an in-depth exploration of the various aspects of contemporary maternal labor.FindingsThe article shows how maternal labor has shifted in nature and expanded in scope in a contemporary non-Western context. It investigates the dissolution of the spatial, temporal and sensorial boundaries between the managerial labor dedicated to the workplace, and to the family. Highlighting the similarities of the two forms of labor, the article manifests the materiality, tangibility and visibility of maternal labor.Research limitations/implicationsFurther intersectional studies shall be beneficial to redefine maternal labor in different contexts.Practical implicationsDeparting and diverting from the terms "invisible labor" and "mental load", the article suggests a shift in terminology to stress the multifaceted medley of managerial tasks mothers undertake today.Originality/valueThe article provides an original take on maternal labor through the first-hand experience of a middle-class, professional mother from Istanbul, Turkey.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe author would like to express deepest gratitude to the editor of this special issue, Liela Ahmed Jamjoom, and the anonymous reviewers whose generous comments and criticism provided invaluable support in developing the text.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe author would like to express deepest gratitude to the editor of this special issue, Liela Ahmed Jamjoom, and the anonymous reviewers whose generous comments and criticism provided invaluable support in developing the text.en_US
dc.identifier.citation0
dc.identifier.doi10.1108/EDI-08-2022-0222
dc.identifier.endpage824en_US
dc.identifier.issn2040-7149
dc.identifier.issn2040-7157
dc.identifier.issue5en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85173519583
dc.identifier.scopusqualityN/A
dc.identifier.startpage804en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1108/EDI-08-2022-0222
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12469/5800
dc.identifier.volume43en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001079767900001
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.institutionauthorBalic, Ilkay
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherEmerald Group Publishing Ltden_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectGenderen_US
dc.subjectLaboren_US
dc.subjectMotherhooden_US
dc.subjectManagementen_US
dc.subjectCommunication technologiesen_US
dc.titleHow do you manage? An auto-ethnographic inquiry into contemporary maternal laboren_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dspace.entity.typePublication

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