The effects of social change on relationships between older mothers and daughters in Turkey: A qualitative study

Ageing and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 675-691

  Mottram, Sanem Aliçli ^a   Hortaçsu, Nuran ^a,b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Daughters; Lifecourse; Mothers; Old age; Social change

Indexed keywords

AGING; CULTURAL CHANGE; INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFER; LIFE HISTORY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CHANGE; WESTERNIZATION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; TURKEY; WORLD;

EID: 24944542203     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X05004022     Document Type: Article

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