Living in the Ottoman realm : empire and identity, 13th to 20th centuries /
edited by Christine Isom-Verhaaren and Kent F. Schull.
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, (c)2016.
- 1 online resource (xv, 367 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: Dealing with identity in the Ottoman Empire / Part I. 13th through 15th centuries -- Emergence and expansion : from frontier Beylik to cosmopolitan empire -- The giving divide : food gifts and social identity in late medieval Anatolia / Changing perceptions along the frontiers : the moving frontier with rum in late medieval Anatolian frontier narratives / The Genoese of Pera in the fifteenth century : Draperio and Spinola families / From Byzantine aristocracy to Ottoman ruling elite : Mahmud Pasha Angelovic and his Christian circle, 1458-1474 / Interpreting Ottoman identity with the historian Nesri Murat Cem Menguc -- A shaykh, a prince, and a sack of corn : an Anatolian Sufi becomes Ottoman / Part II. 15th through 17th centuries -- Expansion and cultural splendor : the creation of a Sunni Islamic empire -- Ibn-i Kemal's confessionalism and the construction of an Ottoman Islam / Becoming Ottoman in sixteenth-century Aintab / Making Jerusalem Ottoman / Ibrahim ibn Khidr al-Qaramani : a merchant and urban notable of early Ottoman Aleppo / Mihrimah Sultan : a princess constructs Ottoman dynastic identity / Isom-Verhaaren -- Part III. 17th through 18th centuries -- Upheaval and transformation : from conquest to administrative state -- The Sultan's advisors and their opinions on the identity of the Ottoman elite, 1580-1653 / Fleeing "the vomit of infidelity" : borders, conversion, and Muslim women's agency / Policing morality : crossing gender and communal boundaries in an age of political crisis and religious controversy / Leaving France, "turning Turk," becoming Ottoman : the transformation of Comte Claude-Alexandre de Bonneval into Humbaraci Ahmed Pasha / Out of Africa, into the palace : the Ottoman chief harem eunuch / The province goes to the center : the case of Hadjiyorgakis Kornesios, Dragoman of Cyprus / Part IV. 19th through 20th centuries -- Modernity, mass politics, and nationalism : from empire to nation-state -- Ruler visibility, modernity, and ethnonationalism in the late Ottoman Empire / Muslims' contributions to science and Ottoman identity / Migrants, revolutionaries, and spies : surveillance, politics, and Ottoman identity in the United States / A Cappadocian in Athens, an Athenian in Smyrna, and a Parliamentarian in Istanbul : the multiple personae and loyalties of Pavlos Carolidis / Zionism in the era of Ottoman brotherhood / Connections and questions to consider. Christine Isom-Verhaaren and Kent F. Schull -- Nicolas Trepanier -- Zeynep Aydogan -- F. Ozden Mercan -- Theoharis Stavrides -- Hasan Karatas -- Nabil Al-Tikriti -- Leslie Peirce -- Amy Singer -- Charles Wilkins -- Christine -- Linda T. Darling -- Eric Dursteler -- Fariba Zarinebaf -- Julia Landweber -- Jane Hathaway -- Antonis Hadjikyriacou -- Darin N. Stephanov -- M. Alper Yalcinkaya -- David Gutman -- Vangelis Kechriotis -- Michelle U. Campos --
"Living in the Ottoman Realm brings the Ottoman Empire to life in all of its ethnic, religious, linguistic, and geographic diversity. The contributors explore the development and transformation of identity over the long span of the empire's existence. They offer engaging accounts of individuals, groups, and communities by drawing on a rich array of primary sources, some available in English translation for the first time. These materials are examined with new methodological approaches to gain a deeper understanding of what it meant to be Ottoman. Designed for use as a course text, each chapter includes study questions and suggestions for further reading"--Provided by publisher.
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Cultural pluralism--History.--Turkey Imperialism--Social aspects--History.--Turkey Identity (Psychology)--History.--Turkey Group identity--History.--Turkey Ethnicity--History.--Turkey Community life--History.--Turkey Social change--History.--Turkey