Ottoman women in public space /

Ottoman women in public space /

Using a wealth of primary sources and covering the entire Ottoman period, Ottoman Women in Public Space challenges the traditional view that sees Ottoman women as a largely silent element of society, restricted to the home and not seen beyond the walls of the house or the public bath. Instead, takin...

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Other Authors: Boyar, Ebru., Fleet, Kate.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2016.

Series: Women and Gender: The Middle East and the Islamic World 14.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2016, ISBN: 9789004303935.

Subjects:

Women > Turkey > History.
Women > Turkey > Social conditions.
Public spaces > Turkey > History.
Sex role > Turkey > History.
Turkey > History > Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.
Turkey > Social conditions > 1288-1918.
Turkey > Social life and customs.

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Call Number: HQ1726.7

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • 1 Ottoman Women in Public Space: An Introduction /
  • Edith Gülçin Ambros , Ebru Boyar , Palmira Brummett , Kate Fleet and Svetla Ianeva
  • 2 The 'What If?' of the Ottoman Female: Authority, Ethnography, and Conversation /
  • Palmira Brummett
  • 3 Female Actors, Producers and Money Makers in Ottoman Public Space: The Case of the Late Ottoman Balkans /
  • Svetla Ianeva
  • 4 The Powerful Public Presence of the Ottoman Female Consumer /
  • Kate Fleet
  • 5 The Extremes of Visibility: Slave Women in Ottoman Public Space /
  • Kate Fleet
  • 6 Frivolity and Flirtation /
  • Edith Gülçin Ambros
  • 7 An Imagined Moral Community: Ottoman Female Public Presence, Honour and Marginality /
  • Ebru Boyar
  • 8 The Public Presence and Political Visibility of Ottoman Women /
  • Ebru Boyar
  • Bibliography
  • Index.