Facts and fantasies : images of Istanbul women in the 1920s / D. Fatma Türe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Türe, Fatma, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Turkey--Istanbul--Social conditions--20th century.

Women.

Women in popular culture--Turkey.

Women in popular culture.

Turkey--History--1918-1960.

Turkey.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (408 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The question of women and their rights was a prominent and ongoing topic of debate in the popular press of Turkey in the 1920's. This work presents an insightful analysis of those debates and follows its traces in obscene literature of the period, as a marginal, but influential branch of popular literature. Popular literature of the time carefully scrutinizes urban Istanbul women in particular, from their biological responsibilities to their behavior in the public arena, down to their clothes

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES; A NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION; A NOTE ON TURKISH PRONUNCIATION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; APPENDICES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 7, 2015).

ISBN:

1-4438-7879-0

OCLC:

913092619