Ottoman dress & design in the West : a visual history of cultural exchange / Charlotte A. Jirousek with Sara Catterall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jirousek, Charlotte, author.

Catterall, Sara, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clothing and dress--Turkey--History.

Clothing and dress.

Fashion--Turkey--History.

Fashion.

History.

Europe--Civilization--Turkish influences.

Europe.

Civilization.

Civilization--Turkish influences.

Turkey.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xx, 252 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2019]

Summary:

Ottoman Dress and Design in the West is a richly illustrated exploration of the relationship between West and Near East through the visual culture of dress. Charlotte Jirousek examines the history of dress and fashion in the broader context of western relationships with the Mediterranean world from the dawn of Islam through the end of the twentieth century. The significance of dress is made apparent by the author's careful attention to its political, economic, and cultural context. The reader comes to understand that dress reflects not simply the self and one's relation to community but also that community's relation to a wider world through trade, colonization, religion, and technology. The chapters provide broad historical background on Ottoman influence and European exoticization of that influence, while the captions and illustrations provide detailed studies of illuminations, paintings, and sculptures to show how these influences were absorbed into everyday living. Through the medium of dress, Jirousek details a continually shifting Ottoman frontier that is closely tied to European and American history. In doing so, she explores and celebrates an essential source of influence that for too long has been relegated to the periphery.

Contents:

Before the Ottoman era, east and west

The fourteenth and fifteenth centuries : emergence of the Ottomans

The sixteenth century : reaching for the east

The seventeenth century : shifting power, emerging modernities

The eighteenth century : an expanding world

The nineteenth century : empires bloom and fade

Postscript : the decline of empire and the rise of globalism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Jirousek, Charlotte. Ottoman dress and design in the West.

ISBN:

9780253042163

025304216X

9780253042156

0253042151

OCLC:

1044552724