Full Description
Taking society as its central focus, Middle Eastern and North African Societies in the Interwar Period approaches the region as one of connectivities and fluidity and investigates networks and interregional relations, stratagems adopted to shape society and social resistance to or absorption of change. From tourism to health propaganda, marriage to beauty contest, mass communication to music, this book offers a vibrant and dynamic picture of the region which goes beyond state borders.
Contributors are Diana Abbani, Amit Bein, Ebru Boyar, Elizabeth Brownson, Nazan Çiçek, Kate Fleet, Ulrike Freitag, Liat Kozma, Brian L. McLaren and Emilio Spadola.
Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
Notes on Contributors
1 Approaching Societies in the Interwar Middle East and North Africa
Ebru Boyar and Kate Fleet
2 State-Society Relations through the Lens of Urban Development
Ulrike Freitag
3 Beirut's Musical Scene: A Narrative of Modernisation and Identity Struggles under the French Mandate
Diana Abbani
4 Tourism and Mobility in Italian Colonial Libya
Brian L. McLaren
5 The Call of Communication: Mass Media and Reform in Interwar Morocco
Emilio Spadola
6 Doctors Crossing Borders: The Formation of a Regional Profession in the Interwar Middle East
Liat Kozma
7 There She is, Miss Universe: Keriman Halis Goes to Egypt, 1933
Amit Bein
8 Taking Health to the Village: Early Turkish Republican Health Propaganda in the Countryside
Ebru Boyar
9 The Provision of Water to Istanbul from Terkos: Continuities and Change from Empire to Republic
Kate Fleet
10 Reforms or Restrictions? The Ottoman Muslim Family Law Code and Women's Marital Status in Mandate Palestine
Elizabeth Brownson
11 Mapping Social Change through Matters of the Heart: Debates on Courtship, Marriage and Divorce in the Early Turkish Republican Era (1923-1950)
Nazan Çiçek
Bibliography
Index
