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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463733203321

Autore

Kallander Amy Aisen <1978->

Titolo

Women, gender, and the palace households in Ottoman Tunisia [[electronic resource] /] / by Amy Aisen Kallander

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin, Tex., : University of Texas Press, c2013

ISBN

0-292-75392-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Disciplina

305.4821096110903

Soggetti

Women - Tunisia - History

Electronic books.

Tunisia Kings and rulers

Tunisia History 1516-1881

Tunisia Politics and government

Tunisia Court and courtiers History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.