In the Palaces of the Sultan

New Introduction by Teresa Heffernan

Anna Bowman Dodd author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Gorgias Press

Published:8th Oct '04

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

In the Palaces of the Sultan cover

As Anna Bowman Dodd (1855-1929), a New York travel writer and journalist, journeyed to Istanbul with the American Ambassador to France she embarked on a detailed account of the city and its people. Interested in documenting the changes in Turkey brought about by the "embrace" of modernity and progress, she considers Turkish women's rights, harems and marriage, the management of the household, education, slavery, the Sultan's reign, and nationalist movements in the last days of the Ottoman Empire. She caters to the American market for Orientalism but is also reflexive about its employment, both invoking and undercutting stereotypes as she addresses the "Eastern Question."

ISBN: 9781593332044

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Weight: unknown

564 pages