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On the front and at home: women in the modern Ottoman epic / Cekic, Can Eyup

Cekic, Can Eyup	Journal Article
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Changes in gender roles are related to larger developments in the spheres of social modernization and discipline. As Ottoman society evolved into a nation through the nineteenth century, women's roles in contemporary epic literature were reassigned to domestic life, showing them protecting the hinterland and nurturing younger generations in order to satisfy the state's growing need for manpower. Gradually, Ottoman women lost whatever autonomy they may have had over their bodies, and their status vis-à-vis the state was redefined. This article examines the female characters in modern Ottoman epic literature so as to explore the reflections in this literature of the social and political transformations that occurred during the last quarter of the nineteenth century. It aims to reveal the ways in which heroic female figures created before or at the beginning of the autocratic reign of Abdülhamid II (r. 1876–1909) changed into domestic characters as the social skeleton of the regime became apparent.

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Women ; Modern Ottoman Epic ; Ottoman Society

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Ottoman culture of defeat: the Balkan wars and their aftermath / Ginio, Eyal

2016

Ginio, Eyal	Book
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Publication	London, C Hurst and Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 2016.
Description	xix, 377p.: imageshbk
Standard Number	9781849045414

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National Economy ; Ottoman Culture ; Balkan Wars ; Ottoman Society ; Ottoman Literature

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