Women and slavery in the Ottoman Middle East
Subtitle: the design of difference
By: Madeline C. Zilfi.
Series: Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780521515832
Subjects: Women slaves -- Turkey -- History; Slavery -- Turkey -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Empire and imperium; title: Currents of change; title: Women and the regulated society; title: Telling the Ottoman slave story; title: Meaning and practice; title: Feminizing slavery; title: Men are kanun, women are shari'ah.