ISBN |
9789004444928 (hardcover) |
Title |
A companion to early modern Istanbul / edited by Shirine Hamadeh, Çiğdem Kafescioğlu |
Publisher |
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2022 |
Physical desc. |
xxvii, 757 pages ; illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm. |
Series |
Brill's companion to European history 26 |
Bibliography etc. |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 717-736) and index. |
Contents |
Early modern Istanbul / Shirine Hamadeh and Çiğdem Kafescioğlu -- The city opens your eyes because it wants to be seen: the conspicuity and lure of early modern Istanbul / Cemal Kafadar -- Part 1: Istanbulites of city and court. Istanbul: a city of men / Selim S. Kuru -- Women in the city / Lucienne Thys-Şenocak -- Elites' networks and mobility / Christoph K. Neumann -- Palace and city ceremonials / N. Zeynap Yelçe -- Courtly spaces: visual and material culture / Emine Fetvacı -- Part 2: Spaces and landscapes of production. Volatile urban landscapes between mythical space and time / Gülru Necipoğlu -- Merchants and global connections / Maurits H. van den Boogert -- Artisans and guilds: practices, negotiations, and conflicts / Suraiya Faroqhi -- When Istanbul was a city of Bostāns: urban agriculture and agriculturists / Aleksandar Shopov -- Water for the city: builders, technology, and private initiative / Deniz Karakaş -- Everyday lives and spaces of habitation. Neighborhood and family lives / Leyla Kayhan Elbirlik -- Communal matters / Karen A. Leal -- Crafts and everyday consumption / Amanda Phillips -- Death in Istanbul: plagues, fires, and other catastrophes / Nükhet Varlık -- Crime, violence, and urban policing / Betül Başaran -- Part 4: Streets and publics. Sociability, public life, and decorum / Marinos Sariyannis -- Sufi spaces and practices / John J. Curry -- The sultan, his monument, and the critical public / Zeynep Yürekli -- Urban protests, rebellions, and revolts / Gülay Yılmaz -- The 18th-century 'Istanbul tale': prose tales and beyond / Zeynep Altok -- Part 5: Spaces of thought and imagination. Science and technology / B. Harun Küçük -- Music and musicians in the city / Aslı Niyazioğlu -- The poetics of Istanbul: the city of cities / Oscar Aguirre-Mandujano and Walter G. Andrews -- Istanbul elites and political writing / Linda T. Darling. |
Subject |
Urbanization -- Turkey -- Istanbul -- History |
Istanbul (Turkey) -- History |
Istanbul (Turkey) -- Social life and customs |
Added name(s) |
Hamadeh, Shirine editor |
Kafescioğlu, Çiğdem editor |