Children and Childhood in the Ottoman Empire : From the 15th to the 20th Century (Edinburgh Studies on the Ottoman Empire)

Yilmaz, Gülay (EDT)/ Zachs, Fruma (EDT)

Edinburgh University Press（2023/05発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 424 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781474455398
• DDC分類 305.230956

Full Description

Explores 5 centuries of changing attitudes toward children and childhood in the Ottoman Empire

Includes data on Christian, Jewish and Muslim children that shed light on differences and commonalities in family structures and communities
Covers a broad geographic area including Ottoman Romania, Bulgaria, Crimea, Greece, Bosnia, Syria, Palestine and Istanbul
Paves the way for new directions in research on the history of children and childhood in the Ottoman Empire
Features a Foreword by Suraiya Faroqhi, an introductory chapter by Colin Heywood, and includes 8 tables, 8 graphs, 9 illustrations and a glossary of key terms

How did adults, religious institutions and the state view children during the Ottoman Empire? This volume gathers specialists in the social history of the Ottoman Empire as a whole in regions ranging from Anatolia through the Arab provinces to the Balkans, and from the 15th to the early 20th century to respond to recent theoretical calls to recognise children as active agents in history.

Divided into 5 thematic sections concepts of childhood, family interrelationships, children outside family circles, children's bodies and education the volume covers the social and political structure of the Ottoman Empire. It uses the innovative prism of children as social agents who are not only shaped by but also shape society, rather than being the passive recipients of their social environment.

Contents

ForewordSuraiya Faroqhi

IntroductionGülay Yılmaz and Fruma Zachs

1. Ottoman Childhoods in Comparative PerspectiveColin Heywood

Part I: Concepts of Childhood

2. Childhood in the Peasant Militia Registers and the Age Boundaries of AdolescenceCahit Telci

3. An Ottoman Boyhood: Child Life in the Late Eighteenth Century through the Lens of Panayis Skouzes' AutobiographyEleni Gara

Part II: Family Interrelationships

4. Preliminary Observations on the Demographic Roots of Modern Childhood in the Ottoman Empire: Wealth, Children and Status in Ruse, Vidin and Sofia, 1670-1855İrfan Kokdaş

5. The Emotional Bond between Early Modern Ottoman Children and Parents: A Case Study of Sünbülzade's 'Ideal' Child (1700-1800)Leyla Kayhan Elbirlik

6. A World of Conflicts: Youth and Violence towards Parents in the Family in Rural Wallachia, 1716-1859Nicoleta Roman

Part III: Children Outside Family Circles

7. Born and Bred in Seventeenth-Century Crimea: Child Slavery, Social Reality and Cultural IdentityFırat Yaşa

8. Rural Girls as Domestic Servants in Late Ottoman IstanbulYahya Araz

9. Muslim Orphans and the Shari'ah in Nineteenth Century Palestine: Cases from NablusMahmud Yazbak

Part IV: Children's Bodies

10. Body Politics and Devşirmes in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire: The Conscripted Children of HerzegovinaGülay Yılmaz

11. Pastimes for Child Breadwinners: The Sanitisation and Recreation Facilities of the Hereke Factory CampusDidem Yavuz Velipaşaoğlu

12. Beating is Heaven-Sent: Corporal Punishment of Children in the late Ottoman and Early Republican EraNazan Çiçek

Part V: Children and Education

13. Childhood and Education in Ottoman Bosnia during the Early Modern Period (mid-Fifteenth to Late Eighteenth Century)Elma Korić

14. Children's Education in Ottoman Jewish Society (Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries)Ruth Lamdan

15. Women as Educators towards the End of the Nahda Period: Labiba Hashim and Children's UpbringingFruma Zachs

GlossaryList of ContributorsIndex