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

dc.authorid Balic, Ilkay/0000-0003-3489-5474
dc.authorscopusid 58634466200
dc.contributor.author Balic, Ilkay
dc.date.accessioned 2024-06-23T21:38:27Z
dc.date.available 2024-06-23T21:38:27Z
dc.date.issued 2024
dc.department Kadir Has University en_US
dc.department-temp [Balic, Ilkay] Kadir Has Univ, Womens Studies PhD Program, Istanbul, Turkiye en_US
dc.description Balic, Ilkay/0000-0003-3489-5474 en_US
dc.description.abstract PurposeThis 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.sponsorship The 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.sponsorship The 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.citationcount 0
dc.identifier.doi 10.1108/EDI-08-2022-0222
dc.identifier.endpage 824 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 2040-7149
dc.identifier.issn 2040-7157
dc.identifier.issue 5 en_US
dc.identifier.scopus 2-s2.0-85173519583
dc.identifier.scopusquality N/A
dc.identifier.startpage 804 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://doi.org/10.1108/EDI-08-2022-0222
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12469/5800
dc.identifier.volume 43 en_US
dc.identifier.wos WOS:001079767900001
dc.identifier.wosquality N/A
dc.institutionauthor Balic, Ilkay
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Emerald Group Publishing Ltd en_US
dc.relation.publicationcategory Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı en_US
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess en_US
dc.scopus.citedbyCount 2
dc.subject Gender en_US
dc.subject Labor en_US
dc.subject Motherhood en_US
dc.subject Management en_US
dc.subject Communication technologies en_US
dc.title How do you manage? An auto-ethnographic inquiry into contemporary maternal labor en_US
dc.type Article en_US
dc.wos.citedbyCount 1
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