Ottoman women in public space / / edited by Ebru Boyar and Kate Fleet.

• Superior document: Women and Gender, the Middle East and the Islamic world, Volume 14
• TeilnehmendeR: Boyar, Ebru,; Fleet, Kate,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, [Netherlands] ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2016.; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Women and gender, the Middle East and the Islamic world ; Volume 14.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (306 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material --; 1 Ottoman Women in Public Space: An Introduction /; 2 The ‘What If?’ of the Ottoman Female: Authority, Ethnography, and Conversation /; 3 Female Actors, Producers and Money Makers in Ottoman Public Space: The Case of the Late Ottoman Balkans /; 4 The Powerful Public Presence of the Ottoman Female Consumer /; 5 The Extremes of Visibility: Slave Women in Ottoman Public Space /; 6 Frivolity and Flirtation /; 7 An Imagined Moral Community: Ottoman Female Public Presence, Honour and Marginality /; 8 The Public Presence and Political Visibility of Ottoman Women /; Bibliography --; Index.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004316620
• ISSN: 1570-7628
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Ebru Boyar and Kate Fleet.

Using a wealth of primary sources and covering the entire Ottoman period, Ottoman Women in Public Space challenges the traditional view that sees Ottoman women as a largely silent element of society, restricted to the home and not seen beyond the walls of the house or the public bath. Instead, taking women in a variety of roles, as economic and political actors, prostitutes, flirts and slaves, the book argues that women were active participants in the public space, visible, present and an essential element in the everyday, public life of the empire. Ottoman Women in Public Space thus offers a vibrant and dynamic understanding of Ottoman history. Contributors are: Edith Gülçin Ambros, Ebru Boyar, Palmira Brummett, Kate Fleet and Svetla Ianeva.