Behind Turkish Lattices: The Story of a Turkish Woman's Life: New Introduction by Carolyn Goffman

Hester Donaldson Jenkins

Published by Gorgias Press 2004

Behind Turkish Lattices: The Story of a Turkish Woman's Life

New Introduction by Carolyn Goffman

Hester Donaldson Jenkins

In the series Cultures in Dialogue: First Series

https://doi.org/10.31826/9781463210083

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Hester Donaldson Jenkins (1869-1941), a professor at the American College for Girls in Constantinople from 1900-1909, wrote enthusiastically about the Young Turks who seemed to promise new freedoms for Ottoman women. Jenkins uses her own observations of Constantinople, her students, and their families to construct an account of a "typical" Turkish Muslim woman's life cycle at this turning point in Ottoman history. She directs her comments toward childhood, education, marriage, polygamy, and divorce, in order to correct Western misapprehensions. In its confidence in the bright prospects of American influence and Ottoman reform, this book captures an optimistic moment in which social progress seemed to be thriving.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CULTURES IN DIALOGUE Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
INTRODUCTION Carolyn Goffman Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
FOREWORD AN OPEN LETTER TO MY TURKISH FRIENDS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	5
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	7
I. BABYHOOD Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
II. THE SCHOOL LIFE OF A TURKISH GIRL Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	18
III. WHERE THE BROOK AND RIVER MEET Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	42
IV. MARRIAGE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	50
V. HUSBANDS AND WIVES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	68
VI. DIVORCE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
VII. TURKISH HOUSEKEEPING Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	106
VIII. HOW A TURKISH WOMAN AMUSES HERSELF Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	128
IX. THE REAPER DEATH Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	150
X. RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	164
XI. WORKERS AND BEGGARS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
XII. CHARACTERISTICS AND POSSIBILITIES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	206

Language: English
Publisher: Gorgias Press
Pages
- Main content: 268

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Published: October 8, 2004
ISBN: 9781463210083