A Turkish Woman's European Impressions : : New Introduction by Reina Lewis / / Zeyneb Hanoum.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• VerfasserIn: Hanoum, Zeyneb,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2004]; ©2004
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Language: English
• Series: Cultures in Dialogue: First Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (304 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CULTURES IN DIALOGUE --; ICONIC DISENCHANTMENT: EVALUATING FEMININITY IN THE EAST AND THE WEST --; CONTENTS --; ILLUSTRATIONS --; INTRODUCTION --; CHAPTER I. A DASH FOR FREEDOM --; CHAPTER II. ZEYNEB'S GIRLHOOD --; CHAPTER III. BEWILDERING EUROPE --; CHAPTER IV. SCULPTURE'S FORBIDDEN JOY --; CHAPTER V. THE ALPS AND ARTIFICIALITY --; CHAPTER VI. FREEDOM'S DOUBTFUL ENCHANTMENT --; CHAPTER VII. GOOD-BYE TO YOUTH-TAKING THE VEIL --; CHAPTER VIII. A MISFIT EDUCATION --; CHAPTER IX. "SMART WOMEN" THROUGH THE VEIL --; CHAPTER X. THE TRUE DEMOCRACY --; CHAPTER XI. A COUNTRY PICTURE --; CHAPTER XII. THE STAR FROM THE WEST —THE EMPRESS EUGÉNIE --; CHAPTER XIII. TURKISH HOSPITALITY—A REVOLUTION FOR CHILDREN --; CHAPTER XIV. A STUDY IN CONTRASTS --; CHAPTER XV. DREAMS AND REALITIES --; CHAPTER XVI. THE MOON OF RAMAZAN --; CHAPTER XVII. AND IS THIS REALLY FREEDOM? --; CHAPTER XVIII. THE CLASH OF CREEDS --; CHAPTER XIX. IN THE ENEMY'S LAND --; CHAPTER XX. THE END OF THE DREAM
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463210076; 9783111024141; 9783110663037
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463210076
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Zeyneb Hanoum.

Born into the Ottoman Muslim elite, Zeyneb Hanoum and her sister Melek Hanoum were given a Western-style education by their progressive father, who expected them subsequently to live the segregated lives of Ottoman ladies. Rebelling, the sisters collaborated with the French author Pierre Loti, hoping that harnessing European intellectual support would speed up Ottoman social reform. Fleeing Istanbul in 1906 for fear of imperial reprisals, the sisters traveled in disguise to Europe, hoping to find "freedom" in the West. With Zeyneb Hanum's letters punctuated by Grace Ellison's introduction, commentary, and footnotes, this book challenges Orientalist stereotypes and documents the vibrant engagement between Eastern and Western women at the fin de siècle.