TÜRLER ET KİLEŞTİKLERİNDE: RUTH L. OZEKİ'NİN MY YEAR OF MEATS İSİMLİ ROMANINDA ZULMEDİLMİŞ HAYVANLARIN VE KADINLARIN ÖRTÜŞEN HİKAYELERİ

Yıl 2017, Cilt: 57 Sayı: 2, 1311 - 1322, 01.01.2017

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Öz

Ataerkil ve kapitalist bir toplumda hayvanların ve kadınların kötü davranışlara maruz kalmalarını ve zulmedilmelerini derinlemesine inceleyen Ruth L. Ozeki'nin My Year of Meats 1998 isimli romanı türcülük ve cinsiyetçilik gibi ayrılmaz bir şekilde birbiriyle ilintili baskı sistemlerinin hayvanları ve kadınları ne kadar derinden etkilediğini anlatmaktadır. Bu maksatla, Ozeki bir yandan dünyanın iki farklı bölgesinde ataerkil baskıdan muzdarip olan iki mağdur kadının, yani Jane Takagi-Little ve Akiko Ueno'nun iç içe geçmiş hayatlarıyla ilgilenirken, bir yandan da hayvanların besi yerlerinde ve et sanayiinde maruz kaldığı insanlık dışı muamelelere ışık tutmaktadır. Bu bağlamda, bu makalenin temel amacı yukarıda değinilen baskı sistemleri arasındaki karmaşık ve iç içe geçmiş ilişkiyi tartışmak ve Ruth L. Ozeki'nin My Year of Meats isimli romanında görüldüğü üzere bu baskı sistemlerinin hayvanları ve kadınları nasıl derinden etkilediğini incelemektir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Türcülük, Cinsiyetcilik, Hayvanlar, Kadınlar, Ataerkillik, Kapitalizm, Ruth L. Ozeki, My Year of Meats

WHEN SPECIES ME A T: OVERLAPPING STORIES OF THE VICTIMIZED ANIMALS AND WOMEN IN RUTH L. OZEKI'S MY YEAR OF MEATS

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By delving into the mistreatment and victimization of animals and women in a patriarchal and capitalist society, Ruth L. Ozeki's My Year of Meats 1998 depicts how inextricably connected oppression systems such as speciesism and sexism affect animals and women profoundly. To this end, while dealing with the interwoven lives of the two oppressed women, Jane Takagi-Little and Akiko Ueno, who experience the same patriarchal oppression in two different parts of the world, Ozeki sheds light on the inhumane treatments of animals in the feedlots and in the meat industry. Accordingly, the main objective of this article is to discuss the complex and interconnected relationship of the above mentioned oppression systems and to analyze how they affect animals and women tremendously as reected in Ruth L. Ozeki's My Year of Meats.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Speciesism, Sexism, Animals, Women, Patriarchy, Capitalism, Ruth L. Ozeki, My Year of Meats

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