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<article-title>Reflections of <italic>Tactics</italic> of Women in Everyday Life: Analysis of the Movie &#x201C;Mustang&#x201D;</article-title>
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<author>Gaye G&#x00F6;kalp Y&#x0131;lmaz</author>

<aff>Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Turkey</aff>

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<title>ABSTRACT</title>
<p>This paper intends to analyse and discuss reflections of patriarchy, male- dominance and microresistance
that ordinary women create in their everyday life against social rules and expectations that
constrain their freedom in everyday life. Within that regard, an Oscar nominee and 2015 internationally
co-produced drama film directed by Turkish-French film director, &#x201C;Mustang&#x201D;, will be narratively
analysed by focusing on everyday life practices of five characters in the film. These five characters are
orphaned sisters living in a Turkish village and their lives dramatically change after a day at which
sisters play with their school mate boys. Depending upon Turkish social rules and traditions girls are
expected to keep their sexuality away from stranger males, thus girls in the film are kept from leaving
the house, even for school. Beginning from that time, girls&#x2019; house become a space of domination and
control and girls start to establish their micro-resistance acts against their uncle and grandmother&#x2019;s
hegemonic rules and prohibitions. These micro-resistance acts will be analysed through Michel de
Certeau&#x2019;s concepts of everyday life &#x201C;strategies&#x201D; and &#x201C;tactics&#x201D;. Thus, girls&#x2019; mundane acts such as
watching football match or wearing short skirts at home against prohibitions of their uncle, can be
considered as brave and intelligent tactics that intend to erode hegemony of their uncle over their
everyday life and their bodies. Therefore, unseen resistance is created in everyday life and girls start to
create their tactics to find room for expressing themselves and getting independence.</p>
<p><italic>Keywords: </italic>Male-dominance, Strategies, Tactics, Power-relationships, Everyday life. </p>
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