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Behind Turkish Lattices: The Story of a Turkish Woman's Life

Behind Turkish Lattices: The Story of a Turkish Woman's Life - Cultures in Dialogue.

Hardback (08 Oct 2004)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Hester Donaldson Jenkins (1869-1941), a professor at the American College for Girls in Constantinople from 1900-1909, wrote enthusiastically about the Young Turks who seemed to promise new freedoms for Ottoman women. Jenkins uses her own observations of Constantinople, her students, and their families to construct an account of a "typical" Turkish Muslim woman's life cycle at this turning point in Ottoman history. She directs her comments toward childhood, education, marriage, polygamy, and divorce, in order to correct Western misapprehensions. In its confidence in the bright prospects of American influence and Ottoman reform, this book captures an optimistic moment in which social progress seemed to be thriving.

Book information

ISBN: 9781593331054
Publisher: Gorgias Press
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 305.409561
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 222
Weight: 565g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 19mm