[Archport] Ottoman Women in Public Urban Spaces

[António Correia <avantecomuna@iol.pt>]

Ottoman Women in Public Urban Spaces

This paper seeks to examine women’s interactions with urban spaces in the Ottoman Empire. It examines how women relate to urban spaces and whether or not the way in which women interact with the city is different from the way men interact with the city. As well, the process of the modernization of the city over time was studied. This study used books, articles, letters, legal documents, pictures, and court records as evidence. The paper concludes that women in the Ottoman Empire did, in fact, relate differently to urban spaces than men, that women’s interactions with public urban space did, often, change as the city went through the process of modernization, and that urban areas shape the experiences of the women who live in them.

http://bir.brandeis.edu/bitstream/handle/10192/85/Baum Thesis 2012.pdf?sequence=1
 

Saúde e fraternidade,
António Correia
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