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Exploring both object and image, this is a book that shines the spotlight onto communities of women so often neglected in traditional histories. The identity through dress of women in Ottoman Istanbul is explored beautifully and deftly by Nancy Micklewright, examining their lives through the clothes they chose to wear. * Kate Strasdin, Senior Lecturer, Falmouth University, UK * This engaging book eschews a Eurocentric focus while showing how Ottomans innovated with European-origin fashion and technology … The rich array of sources that Micklewright has marshalled demonstrates how Ottoman women participated in the production of the visual culture that has allowed us a window into their practices. * Marilyn Booth, Professor Emerita, University of Oxford, UK * With depth and sensitivity, Micklewright reminds us that fashion history belongs to all layers of society. This book—born of years of meticulous research and archival work—offers a democratic lens on Ottoman dress and visual culture, revealing how early photography captured lived realities and how the nineteenth-century world grew smaller through the circulation of images and styles. * Lale Görünür, Curator, Sadberk Hanim Museum, Turkey *

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Nancy Micklewright writes primarily about the history of photography and fashion history in the Ottoman Empire with a focus on gender. She was most recently a Fulbright Senior Research Fellow in Istanbul, working on a new project, Dressing the Republic: Women and Fashion in 1920s Türkiye. Previously she has received research fellowships from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art, the Pasold Research Fund and the American Research Institute in Turkey. She is the former Head of Public and Scholarly Engagement for the Freer and Sackler Galleries, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art., US.

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