Children and childhood in the Ottoman empire : from the 15th to the 20th century / edited by Gülay Yilmaz and Fruma Zachs ; consultant editor: Colin Heywood.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Yılmaz, Gülay, editor.

Zachs, Fruma, editor.

Heywood, Colin, editor.

Series:

Edinburgh studies on the Ottoman Empire.

Edinburgh studies on the Ottoman Empire

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children--Turkey--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (433 pages)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2021]

Summary:

Explores 5 centuries of changing attitudes toward children and childhood in the Ottoman Empire.

Contents:

Cover

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Notes on Transliteration and Pronunciation

Foreword

Introduction

1. Ottoman Childhoods in Comparative Perspective

Part I Concepts of Childhood

2. Childhood in the Peasant Militia Registers and the Age Boundaries of Adolescence

3. An Ottoman Boyhood: Child Life in the Late Eighteenth Century through the Lens of Panayis Skouzes' Autobiography

Part II Family Interrelationships

4. Preliminary Observations on the Demographic Roots of Modern Childhood in the Ottoman Empire: Wealth, Children and Status in Ruse, Vidin and Sofia, 1670-1855

5. The Emotional Bond between Early Modern Ottoman Children and Parents: A Case Study of Sünbülzade Vehbi's 'Ideal' Child (1700-1800)

6. A World of Conflicts: Youth and Violence towards Parents in the Family in Rural Wallachia, 1716-1859

Part III Children Outside Family Circles

7. Born and Bred in Seventeenth-century Crimea: Child Slavery, Social Reality and Cultural Identity

8. Rural Girls as Domestic Servants in Late Ottoman Istanbul

9. Muslim Orphans and the Shari'ah in Nineteenth-century Palestine: Cases from Nablus

Part IV Children's Bodies

10. Body Politics and the Devs¸irmes in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire: The Conscripted Children of Herzegovina

11. Pastimes for the Child Breadwinners: The Sanitisation and Recreation Facilities of the Hereke Factory Campus

12. Beating is Heaven-sent: Corporal Punishment of Children in the Late Ottoman and Early Republican Era

Part V Children and Education

13. Childhood and Education in Ottoman Bosnia during the Early Modern Period (Mid-fifteenth to Late Eighteenth Century)

14. Children's Education in Ottoman Jewish Society (Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries).

15. Women as Educators towards the End of the Nahda Period: Labiba Hashim and Children's Upbringing

Glossary

Notes on Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4744-5540-9

1-3995-0929-2

1-4744-5541-7

OCLC:

1280275522