Behind Turkish Lattices: The Story of a Turkish Woman's Life : : New Introduction by Carolyn Goffman /

Behind Turkish Lattices: The Story of a Turkish Woman's Life : : New Introduction by Carolyn Goffman / / Hester Donaldson Jenkins.

Hester Donaldson Jenkins (1869-1941), a professor at the American College for Girls in Constantinople from 1900-1909, wrote enthusiastically about the Young Turks who seemed to promise new freedoms for Ottoman women. Jenkins uses her own observations of Constantinople, her students, and their famili...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
VerfasserIn:
Jenkins, Hester Donaldson,
MitwirkendeR:
Goffman, Carolyn,
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 (268 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CULTURES IN DIALOGUE
  • INTRODUCTION
  • FOREWORD
  • CONTENTS
  • I. BABYHOOD
  • II. THE SCHOOL LIFE OF A TURKISH GIRL
  • III. WHERE THE BROOK AND RIVER MEET
  • IV. MARRIAGE
  • V. HUSBANDS AND WIVES
  • VI. DIVORCE
  • VII. TURKISH HOUSEKEEPING
  • VIII. HOW A TURKISH WOMAN AMUSES HERSELF
  • IX. THE REAPER DEATH
  • X. RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCES
  • XI. WORKERS AND BEGGARS
  • XII. CHARACTERISTICS AND POSSIBILITIES

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