Everyday Lives of Ottoman Muslim Women
Subtitle: Hanimlara Mahsûs Gazete
Publisher: Libra Yayinlari
Published: Oct 29, 2013
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 786
ISBN-13: 9786054326716
Description: Published for thirteen years (1895-1908), Hanımlara Mahsûs Gazete (Newspaper for Ladies), with its articles and news about education, family, household, household management, child-rearing, hygiene, health, beauty, embroidery, leisure and fashion is a precious source reflecting not only the ideal everyday life of an ideal Ottoman woman of the upper and middle classes of Ottoman society in an era of modernization and westernization but also Sultan Abdülhamid II's oppressive censorship policies as imposed on the press. In this sense, the main argument of this book examines the characteristics of an urban, upper and middle class "ideal" Ottoman Muslim woman or womanhood and her supposed everyday life during the reign of Sultan Abdulhamid II as portrayed by the articles in Hanımlara Mahsus Gazete.
Notes: Source title: Everyday Lives of Ottoman Muslim Women: Hanimlara Mahsûs Gazete (Newspaper for Ladies) (1895-1908)