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De-gendered or Re-gendered? Rethinking Ageing Masculinity Through Conversations About Car Advertisements
Abstract
Historically and culturally, a close connection has been built between the car and masculinity. This relationship is particularly evident in representations in advertisements. Masculinity is also commonly depicted as something that declines in old age. Based on these two presumptions, this study focuses on how elderly men construct the relationship between car and masculinity through car advertisements and how they construct their sense of masculinity. The specific aim of this research is to explore how elderly men in Türkiye construct the relationship between cars and masculinity through car advertisements. The general aim is to observe how elderly men construct their masculinity in the Turkish context. Using a qualitative methodology, two focus-group interviews were conducted with a total of eleven male participants over the age of sixty. The purposive sampling method of criterion sampling was used in the research. Data collected in Amasya, Türkiye, in July 2022 were analyzed using the qualitative-analysis software MAXQDA. According to the results of the research, elderly men see the car as a masculine object and as a primary/essential object for men; they also agree with the stereotype that a car adds some masculine characteristics to and/or reflects the masculinity of its owner. Yet they also associate reliable cars and a safe driving style with feminine characteristics and with old age. As a result, it can be said that elderly men in Türkiye experience a fluid, bricolage masculinity, shifting between different masculinities depending on the situation or context. These findings have the capacity to contribute to the formulation of numerous new research questions concerning the relationship between masculinity and ageing, an issue that has hitherto been largely overlooked in existing literature.
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Destekleyen Kurum
The author(s) received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
Etik Beyan
The data collection process in the research started with the decision of Selçuk University Faculty of Communication Scientific Ethics and Evaluation Board dated 18.04.2022 and numbered 2022/9.
Teşekkür
We sincerely express our gratitude to the voluntary participants whose valuable contributions made this research possible. Their time and insights are deeply appreciated. We also extend our heartfelt thanks to the owners of the venues where the focus group discussions were conducted for their generous support and hospitality.
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
Reklamcılık (Diğer)
Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yayımlanma Tarihi
31 Mayıs 2025
Gönderilme Tarihi
5 Mart 2025
Kabul Tarihi
21 Mayıs 2025
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 1970 Cilt: 12 Sayı: 1
APA
Ayvaz, S., & Tepe, M. (2025). De-gendered or Re-gendered? Rethinking Ageing Masculinity Through Conversations About Car Advertisements. Ankara Üniversitesi İlef Dergisi, 12(1), 144-179. https://doi.org/10.24955/ilef.1651753
AMA
1.Ayvaz S, Tepe M. De-gendered or Re-gendered? Rethinking Ageing Masculinity Through Conversations About Car Advertisements. Ankara Üniversitesi İlef Dergisi. 2025;12(1):144-179. doi:10.24955/ilef.1651753
Chicago
Ayvaz, Süheyla, ve Mihrican Tepe. 2025. “De-gendered or Re-gendered? Rethinking Ageing Masculinity Through Conversations About Car Advertisements”. Ankara Üniversitesi İlef Dergisi 12 (1): 144-79. https://doi.org/10.24955/ilef.1651753.
EndNote
Ayvaz S, Tepe M (01 Mayıs 2025) De-gendered or Re-gendered? Rethinking Ageing Masculinity Through Conversations About Car Advertisements. Ankara Üniversitesi İlef Dergisi 12 1 144–179.
IEEE
[1]S. Ayvaz ve M. Tepe, “De-gendered or Re-gendered? Rethinking Ageing Masculinity Through Conversations About Car Advertisements”, Ankara Üniversitesi İlef Dergisi, c. 12, sy 1, ss. 144–179, May. 2025, doi: 10.24955/ilef.1651753.
ISNAD
Ayvaz, Süheyla - Tepe, Mihrican. “De-gendered or Re-gendered? Rethinking Ageing Masculinity Through Conversations About Car Advertisements”. Ankara Üniversitesi İlef Dergisi 12/1 (01 Mayıs 2025): 144-179. https://doi.org/10.24955/ilef.1651753.
JAMA
1.Ayvaz S, Tepe M. De-gendered or Re-gendered? Rethinking Ageing Masculinity Through Conversations About Car Advertisements. Ankara Üniversitesi İlef Dergisi. 2025;12:144–179.
MLA
Ayvaz, Süheyla, ve Mihrican Tepe. “De-gendered or Re-gendered? Rethinking Ageing Masculinity Through Conversations About Car Advertisements”. Ankara Üniversitesi İlef Dergisi, c. 12, sy 1, Mayıs 2025, ss. 144-79, doi:10.24955/ilef.1651753.
Vancouver
1.Süheyla Ayvaz, Mihrican Tepe. De-gendered or Re-gendered? Rethinking Ageing Masculinity Through Conversations About Car Advertisements. Ankara Üniversitesi İlef Dergisi. 01 Mayıs 2025;12(1):144-79. doi:10.24955/ilef.1651753