Overview

This multi-disciplinary volume is the first collective effort to explore Istanbul, capital of the vast polyglot, multiethnic, and multireligious Ottoman empire and home to one of the world’s largest and most diverse urban populations, as an early modern metropolis. It assembles topics seldom treated together and embraces novel subjects and fresh approaches to older debates. Contributors crisscross the socioeconomic, political, cultural, environmental, and spatial, to examine the myriad human and non-human actors, local and global, that shaped the city into one of the key sites of early modern urbanity. Contributors are: Oscar Aguirre-Mandujano , Zeynep Altok, Walter G. Andrews, Betül Başaran, Cem Behar, Maurits H. van den Boogert, John J. Curry, Linda T. Darling, Suraiya Faroqhi, Emine Fetvacı, Shirine Hamadeh, Cemal Kafadar, Çiğdem Kafescioğlu, Deniz Karakaş, Leyla Kayhan Elbirlik, B. Harun Küçük, Selim S. Kuru, Karen A. Leal, Gülru Necipoğlu, Christoph K. Neumann, Aslı Niyazioğlu, Amanda Phillips, Marinos Sariyannis, Aleksandar Shopov, Lucienne Thys-Şenocak, Nükhet Varlık, N. Zeynep Yelçe, Gülay Yılmaz, and Zeynep Yürekli.

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Author:   Shirine Hamadeh ,  Çiğdem Kafescioğlu
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   26
Weight:   1.573kg
ISBN:  

9789004444928

ISBN 10:   9004444920
Pages:   758
Publication Date:   28 October 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Note on Transliteration List of Figures and Tables Abbreviations Contributors Maps 1 Early Modern Istanbul  Shirine Hamadeh and Çiğdem Kafescioğlu 2 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 3 Istanbul: A City of Men  Selim S. Kuru 4 Women in the City  Lucienne Thys-Şenocak 5 Elites’ Networks and Mobility  Christoph K. Neumann 6 Palace and City Ceremonials  N. Zeynep Yelçe 7 Courtly Spaces: Visual and Material Culture  Emine Fetvacı Part 2: Spaces and Landscapes of Production 8 Volatile Urban Landscapes between Mythical Space and Time  Gülru Necipoğlu 9 Merchants and Global Connections  Maurits H. van den Boogert 10 Artisans and Guilds  Practices, Negotiations, and Conflicts  Suraiya Faroqhi 11 When Istanbul Was a City of Bostāns  Urban Agriculture and Agriculturists  Aleksandar Shopov 12 Water for the City  Builders, Technology, and Private Initiative  Deniz Karakaş Part 3: Everyday Lives and Spaces of Habitation 13 Neighborhood and Family Lives  Leyla Kayhan Elbirlik 14 Communal Matters  Karen A. Leal 15 Crafts and Everyday Consumption  Amanda Phillips 16 Death in Istanbul  Plagues, Fires, and Other Catastrophes  Nükhet Varlık 17 Crime, Violence, and Urban Policing  Betül Başaran Part 4: Streets and Publics 18 Sociability, Public Life, and Decorum  Marinos Sariyannis 19 Sufi Spaces and Practices  John J. Curry 20 The Sultan, His Monument, and the Critical Public  Zeynep Yürekli 21 Urban Protests, Rebellions, and Revolts  Gülay Yılmaz 22 The 18th-Century “Istanbul Tale”  Prose Tales and Beyond  Zeynep Altok Part 5: Spaces of Thought and Imagination 23 Science and Technology  B. Harun Küçük 24 Music and Musicians in the City  Cem Behar 25 Poets, Sufis, and Their City Tours  Aslı Niyazioğlu 26 The Poetics of Istanbul: The City of Cities  Oscar Aguirre-Mandujano and Walter G. Andrews 27 Istanbul Elites and Political Writing  Linda T. Darling Select Bibliography Index

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Shirine Hamadeh, Ph.D. (1999), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is Associate Professor in the Department of Archaeology and the History of Art at Koç University. She works on the architecture and urban culture of early modern Istanbul and is the author of The City’s Pleasures: Istanbul in the Eighteenth Century. Çiğdem Kafescioğlu, Ph.D. (1996), Harvard University, is Professor in the History Department at Boğaziçi University. She works on the visual, urban, and architectural culture of the early modern Ottoman world and is the author of Constantinopolis/Istanbul: Cultural Encounter, Imperial Vision and the Construction of the Ottoman Capital.

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