Unveiled Ladies of Stamboul

Name: Unveiled Ladies of Stamboul
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ISBN: 9781593332174

ISBN-10: 1593332173

ISBN-13: 9781593332174

Edition: N/A

Authors: Demetra Vaka Brown, Yiorgos Kalogeras

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The Unveiled Ladies of Istanbul (Stamboul) is a picturesque description of women's life in post-World War I Turkey during a period of social and political turmoil. Here Demetra Vaka (1877-1946), an expatriate of Ottoman Turkey, established American journalist and acquaintance of Prince Sabaheddin, returns to her native Istanbul after a 20-year absence. Describing women's lives in post-World War I Turkey, she reports on the successful project of female emancipation pursued by Mustafa Kemal as part of the nationalist agenda. Noting how much this project had benefited upper- and middle-class Turkish women, Vaka nonetheless regrets that the gradual emergence of the monocultural, modern Republic…

Book details

List price: $116.00
Publisher: Gorgias Press, LLC
Publication date: 1/2/2019
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 356
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English