Screen LibraryEntertainment among the Ottomans /
"Approaching Ottoman social history through the lens of entertainment, this volume considers the multi-faceted roles of entertainment within society. At its most basic level entertainment could be all about pleasure, leisure and fun. But it also played a role in socialisation, gender divisions,...
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Brill,
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| Publisher Address: | Leiden : |
| Publication Dates: | [2019] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"Approaching Ottoman social history through the lens of entertainment, this volume considers the multi-faceted roles of entertainment within society. At its most basic level entertainment could be all about pleasure, leisure and fun. But it also played a role in socialisation, gender divisions, social stratification and the establishment of moral norms, political loyalties and social, ethnic or religious identities. By addressing the ways in which entertainment was employed and enjoyed in Ottoman society, Entertainment Among the Ottomans introduces the reader to a new way of understanding th |
| Carrier Form: | xiv, 294 pages : illustrations (some color), color map, form ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-289) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9789004273665 (hardback : alkaline paper) : 9004273662 (hardback : alkaline paper) 9789004399235 (ebook) 9004399232 (ebook) |
| Index Number: | DR432 |
| CLC: | K893.74-09 |
| Call Number: | K893.74-09/E611 |
| Contents: | Ottoman society through the lens of entertainment / Ebru Boyar and Kate Fleet -- Contemplation or amusement? The light shed by Ruznames on an Ottoman spectacle of 1740-1750 / Tulay Artan -- Caravans and voyages, story and song : entertaining the traveler in/to Ottoman space / Palmira Brummett -- Play and performance in Ottoman costume albums / William Kynan-Wilson -- Fun and games in Ottoman Aleppo : the life and times of a local schoolteacher (1835-1865) / James Grehan -- Between tradition and modernity : entertainment in late Ottoman Ruscuk / Svetla Ianeva -- Public celebrations and ceremo |