Women, gender, and the palace households in Ottoman Tunisiaby Amy Aisen Kallander.
- first edition.
- Austin, Tex. : University of Texas Press, (c)2013.
- 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Part I. Family foundations of Ottoman rule -- Introduction. Families, households, and palace women in early modern court culture -- Family and the politics of marriage: the early Ottoman era in Tunis (1574/1756) -- Part II. Family and provincial government, 1756/1840 -- The prosperous palace -- Women's worlds -- Beyond Bardo -- Part III. Nineteenth-century transformations -- The constitution, financial reform, and the modern family -- Inventing dynastic traditions: family politics of French colonialism -- Conclusion.
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Women--History.--Tunisia Courts and courtiers--History.