An Englishwoman in a Turkish Harem: New Introduction by Teresa Heffernan and Reina Lewis

Grace Ellison

Published by Gorgias Press 2007

An Englishwoman in a Turkish Harem

New Introduction by Teresa Heffernan and Reina Lewis

Grace Ellison

In the series Cultures in Dialogue: First Series

https://doi.org/10.31826/9781463210786

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Grace Ellison (d. 1935) actively encouraged dialogues between Turkish and British women at the outset of the twentieth century. Connected with progressive Ottoman elites discussing female and social emancipation, Ellison stayed in an Ottoman harem. Working as a respected journalist, she published articles about British-Turkish relations, Turkish nationalism, and the status of women across cultures. This book recounts Ellison’s stay with her friend Fâtima and features reports on motherhood, employment, polygamy, slavery, harem life, modernization, veiling, and prominent women writers. Despite an impressive legacy, Ellison and her work have almost disappeared from the historical record; the republication of this 1915 work aims to address this neglect.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CULTURES IN DIALOGUE Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
SERIES ONE. ORIENTALISM, OCCIDENTALISM, AND WOMEN'S WRITING Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Feminist Dialogues Across Cultures: An English Woman in a Turkish Harem and the Turkish Harem in an English Woman Teresa Heffernan and Reina Lewis Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Notes on the Plates Publicly Available Download PDF	xxxvii
List of Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	xxxix
PREFACE Publicly Available Download PDF	lv
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	lvii
INTRODUCTION Publicly Available Download PDF	lix
AN ENGLISHWOMAN IN A TURKISH HAREM
CHAPTER I. BACK TO THE HAREM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
CHAPTER II. "TIME'S FOLDED WINGS" Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
CHAPTER III. BACKGROUND AND ATMOSPHERE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
CHAPTER IV. THE IMPERIAL HAREM—A RECEPTION BY THE SULTAN Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
CHAPTER V. THE ANGEL OE DEATH Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	50
CHAPTER VI. CHAMPIONS OF WOMEN—THE MEN WHO LEAD Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	64
CHAPTER VIII. A TURKISH MOTHER Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
CHAPTER IX. WOMEN WRITERS OF TURKEY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	104
CHAPTER X. THE PROPHET AND POLYGAMY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
CHAPTER XI. THE MAN WITH TWO WIVES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	128
CHAPTER XII. FARTHER AFIELD—THE PRIMITIVE PEOPLE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
CHAPTER XIII. THE PULSE OF THE NATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
CHAPTER XIV. FORBIDDEN GROUND—THE HOLY TOMB Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	162
CHAPTER XV. ON THE SHORES OF THE UPPER BQSPHORUS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	170
CHAPTER XVI. MORE ABOUT HAREM LIFE ON THE BOSPHORUS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	180
CHAPTER XVII. INCONSISTENCIES ON THE SHORES OF THE BOSFHORUS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
CHAPTER XVIII. ONLOOKERS ONLY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213

Language: English
Publisher: Gorgias Press
Pages
- Main content: 288
Illustrations
- Other: 13

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Published: February 23, 2007
ISBN: 9781463210786