Title: Plural Pasts
Description: "Through a study of a variety of Ottoman and modern Turkish accounts of the Ottoman-Habsburg sieges of Nagykanizsa Castle (1600-01) including official documents, correspondence, histories, and more literary genres such as gazavatnames [campaign narratives], Plural Pasts explores Ottoman literacy practices. By considering the diverse roles that the various accounts served--construction of identities, forging of diplomatic alliances and legitimization of political ideologies and geo-political imaginations--it explores the cultural and socio-political significance the various accounts had for different audiences. In addition, it interweaves theoretical reflection with textual analysis. Using the sieges of Nagykanizsa as a case study, it offers a sophisticated contribution to ongoing historiographical arguments: namely, how historians construct hierarchies of primary sources and judge some to be more truthful, or more valuable, than others; how texts are assigned to particular genres based on perceived epistemological status--as story or history, fact or fiction; and the circular role that historians and their histories play in constructing, reflecting and reinforcing cultural and political imaginaries"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Literacy, Turkey, history, Historiography, Power (social sciences), Nationalism, europe, Hungary, history, Turkey, intellectual life, Turkey, politics and government, Sources, History, Kanizsa, Battle of, Nagykanizsa, Hungary, 1601, Nationalism, Intellectual life, Politics and government, Political aspects, Kanizsa Castle (Nagykanizsa, Hungary), Kanizsa, Battle of (Nagykanizsa, Hungary : 1601) fast (OCoLC)fst01709837, Turkish Occupation of Hungary (1526-1699) fast (OCoLC)fst01355176, Kanizsa, Battle of (Nagykanizsa, Hungary : 1601) fast (OCoLC)fst01709837 (uri) http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01709837, Turkish Occupation of Hungary (1526-1699) fast (OCoLC)fst01355176 (uri) http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01355176