An Englishwoman in a Turkish Harem
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An Englishwoman in a Turkish Harem

New Introduction by Teresa Heffernan and Reina Lewis

  1. 288 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

An Englishwoman in a Turkish Harem

New Introduction by Teresa Heffernan and Reina Lewis

About this book

Grace Ellison (d. 1935) actively encouraged dialogues between Turkish and British women at the outset of the twentieth century. Connected with progressive Ottoman elites discussing female and social emancipation, Ellison stayed in an Ottoman harem. Working as a respected journalist, she published articles about British-Turkish relations, Turkish nationalism, and the status of women across cultures. This book recounts Ellison's stay with her friend FĆ¢tima and features reports on motherhood, employment, polygamy, slavery, harem life, modernization, veiling, and prominent women writers. Despite an impressive legacy, Ellison and her work have almost disappeared from the historical record; the republication of this 1915 work aims to address this neglect.

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Information

Publisher
Gorgias Press
Year
2007
eBook ISBN
9781463210786
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Gender Studies
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. CULTURES IN DIALOGUE
  2. SERIES ONE. ORIENTALISM, OCCIDENTALISM, AND WOMEN'S WRITING
  3. Feminist Dialogues Across Cultures: An English Woman in a Turkish Harem and the Turkish Harem in an English Woman
  4. Notes on the Plates
  5. List of Illustrations
  6. PREFACE
  7. CONTENTS
  8. INTRODUCTION
  9. AN ENGLISHWOMAN IN A TURKISH HAREM
  10. CHAPTER I. BACK TO THE HAREM
  11. CHAPTER II. "TIME'S FOLDED WINGS"
  12. CHAPTER III. BACKGROUND AND ATMOSPHERE
  13. CHAPTER IV. THE IMPERIAL HAREMā€”A RECEPTION BY THE SULTAN
  14. CHAPTER V. THE ANGEL OE DEATH
  15. CHAPTER VI. CHAMPIONS OF WOMENā€”THE MEN WHO LEAD
  16. CHAPTER VIII. A TURKISH MOTHER
  17. CHAPTER IX. WOMEN WRITERS OF TURKEY
  18. CHAPTER X. THE PROPHET AND POLYGAMY
  19. CHAPTER XI. THE MAN WITH TWO WIVES
  20. CHAPTER XII. FARTHER AFIELDā€”THE PRIMITIVE PEOPLE
  21. CHAPTER XIII. THE PULSE OF THE NATION
  22. CHAPTER XIV. FORBIDDEN GROUNDā€”THE HOLY TOMB
  23. CHAPTER XV. ON THE SHORES OF THE UPPER BQSPHORUS
  24. CHAPTER XVI. MORE ABOUT HAREM LIFE ON THE BOSPHORUS
  25. CHAPTER XVII. INCONSISTENCIES ON THE SHORES OF THE BOSFHORUS
  26. CHAPTER XVIII. ONLOOKERS ONLY
  27. INDEX