| An Ottoman Mentality: The World of Evliya Çelebi (Revised Second Edition) Contributor(s): Dankoff, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004152628 ISBN-13: 9789004152625 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $159.60 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2006 Annotation: This monograph examines Evliya Gelebi's travel account to get at Ottoman perceptions of the world, relating to geography, administration, religion, narative styles, sexual relations, dream interpretation, and conceptions of the self. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - General - History | Asia - General |
| Dewey: 956.101 |
| Series: Ottoman Empire and Its Heritage |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.4" W x 9.5" (1.30 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In his huge travel account, Evliya elebi provides materials for getting at Ottoman perceptions of the world, not only in areas like geography, topography, administration, urban institutions, and social and economic systems, but also in such domains as religion, folklore, sexual relations, dream interpretation, and conceptions of the self. In six chapters the author examines: Evliya's treatment of Istanbul and Cairo as the two capital cities of the Ottoman world; his geographical horizons and notions of tolerance; his attitudes toward government, justice and specific Ottoman institutions; his social status as gentleman, character type as dervish, office as caller-to-prayer and avocation as traveller; his use of various narrative styles; and his relation with his audience in the two registers of persuasion and amusement. An Afterword situates Evliya in relation to other intellectual trends in the Ottoman world of the seventeenth century. |