Women in the Ottoman Empire: A Social and Political History

ISBN-13: 9780755638260 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 288 str.

Turkey) Faroqhi Suraiya (Ibn Haldun University

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List of Figures Acknowledgements A note on spelling and transliteration Introduction Prologue: A conspectus of Ottoman history 1. Ottoman women, Ottoman history: Coping with a changing world Part I (1500s to about 1700) 2. The legal framework of family life 3. Dependent on work, investments and charity 4. Exceptionally talented, exceptionally active: women of distinction Part II (about 1700-1870s) 5. Ottoman diversity: Female agency and survival in Ottoman Syria and Egypt 6. Ottoman diversity: Coping with relatives, the state and dependent capitalism Part III (1870-1918) 7. Female teachers, journalists and actors: education as a source of survival skills 8. Before 1912: Making a living through family relations, work and charity – and occasionally turning to crime 9. In profound distress:Struggling to survive the disintegration of the empire (1912-18) Conclusion Suggestions for further reading: A bibliographical essay Notes Timeline Glossary