Ottoman Women During World War I: Everyday Experiences, Politics, and Conflict

ISBN-13: 9781107198906 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 290 str.

Elif Mahir Metinsoy

Opis

Using the newest sources, this book reveals the experience of Ottoman Muslim women during World War I.

Recenzje

'This is a significant contribution to the existing lacuna of the social history of First World War in the Middle East. With Elif Mahir Metinsoy's richly textured and archivally grounded depiction of ordinary women's war experience, we are a step closer to a rigorous portrayal of the home front as experienced by Middle Eastern families. The book brings to life the wrenching burdens of total warfare, multiple dimensions of womanhood in wartime, the state's intrusion into citizens' lives, and the survival strategies of non-elite women, including negotiation and resistance.' Hasan Kayalı, University of California, San Diego

Spis treści

List of illustrations; List of maps; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Chronology; List of abbreviations and archive references; Glossary; Introduction; Part I. The Home Front: 1. Women in Europe and the United States; 2. The Ottoman home front; Part II. Women's Negotiation of Wartime Social Policies: 3. Hunger and shortages; 4. Monetary assistance for soldiers' families; 5. The housing problem; 6. Motherhood; Part III. Women and Working Life: 7. Wartime work opportunities and restrictions; 8. Working women's problems; Part IV. Women's Resistance to War Mobilization: 9. Forced labor and overtaxation; 10. Discontent with Conscription; 11. State control of morality and marriage; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.