A Turkish Woman's European Impressions : : New Introduction by Reina Lewis / / Zeyneb Hanoum.
Born into the Ottoman Muslim elite, Zeyneb Hanoum and her sister Melek Hanoum were given a Western-style education by their progressive father, who expected them subsequently to live the segregated lives of Ottoman ladies. Rebelling, the sisters collaborated with the French author Pierre Loti, hopin...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2004] ©2004 |
| Year of Publication: | 2004 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Cultures in Dialogue: First Series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (304 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CULTURES IN DIALOGUE
- ICONIC DISENCHANTMENT: EVALUATING FEMININITY IN THE EAST AND THE WEST
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER I. A DASH FOR FREEDOM
- CHAPTER II. ZEYNEB'S GIRLHOOD
- CHAPTER III. BEWILDERING EUROPE
- CHAPTER IV. SCULPTURE'S FORBIDDEN JOY
- CHAPTER V. THE ALPS AND ARTIFICIALITY
- CHAPTER VI. FREEDOM'S DOUBTFUL ENCHANTMENT
- CHAPTER VII. GOOD-BYE TO YOUTH-TAKING THE VEIL
- CHAPTER VIII. A MISFIT EDUCATION
- CHAPTER IX. "SMART WOMEN" THROUGH THE VEIL
- CHAPTER X. THE TRUE DEMOCRACY
- CHAPTER XI. A COUNTRY PICTURE
- CHAPTER XII. THE STAR FROM THE WEST —THE EMPRESS EUGÉNIE
- CHAPTER XIII. TURKISH HOSPITALITY—A REVOLUTION FOR CHILDREN
- CHAPTER XIV. A STUDY IN CONTRASTS
- CHAPTER XV. DREAMS AND REALITIES
- CHAPTER XVI. THE MOON OF RAMAZAN
- CHAPTER XVII. AND IS THIS REALLY FREEDOM?
- CHAPTER XVIII. THE CLASH OF CREEDS
- CHAPTER XIX. IN THE ENEMY'S LAND
- CHAPTER XX. THE END OF THE DREAM