Death in Istanbul
Subtitle: death and its rituals in Ottoman-Islamic culture
By: Edhem Eldem.
Contributors: Osmanlı Bankası. Arşiv ve Araştırma Merkezi.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Ottoman Bank Archives and Research Centre; Osmanli Bankasi Arsiv ve Arastirma Merkezi
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Istanbul
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
Subjects: Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Turkey -- Istanbul -- History; Funeral rites and ceremonies, Islamic; Sepulchral monuments, Islamic -- Turkey -- Istanbul -- History; Cemeteries -- Turkey -- Istanbul -- History; Mausoleums -- Turkey -- Istanbul -- History; Architecture, Ottoman -- Turkey -- Istanbul; Islamic architecture -- Turkey -- Istanbul; Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918; Istanbul (Turkey) -- Buildings, structures, etc
Other titles: Death and its rituals in Ottoman-Islamic culture
Description: Death and the city -- Death in Ottoman-Islamic culture -- Dealing with death -- Empire and death -- The birth of the Ottoman tombstone -- The evolution of the epitaph -- Women -- The uses of gravestones -- Playing with form -- Crime and punishment -- Disease and death -- Suicide -- Monumental obsession -- Aspects of modernity -- Death Alla Franca -- State, nation and death.
Notes: Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Death in Istanbul / Death and its rituals in Ottoman-Islamic culture", Nov.16, 2004-Mar. 31, 2005, organised by the Ottoman Bank Archives and Research Centre.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 290-193) and index.