Grace Ellison, Edward Granville Browne

An Englishwoman in a Turkish Harem

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An evocative and thoughtful account of a feminist writer's experiences of Turkish culture and society, first published in 1915.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 385g
• ISBN-13: 9781108050548
• ISBN-10: 1108050549
• Artikelnr.: 36053856

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Back to the harem
2. 'Time's folded wings'
3. Background and atmosphere
4. The imperial harem
5. The angel of death
6. Champions of women
7. Passionate women patriots
8. A Turkish mother
9. Women writers of Turkey
10. The prophet and polygamy
11. The man with two wives
12. Father afield
13. The pulse of the nation
14. Forbidden ground
15. On the shores of the upper Bosphorus
16. More about harem life on the Bosphorus
17. Inconsistencies on the shores of the Bosphorus
18. Onlookers only
After-words
Index.