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Women, gender, and the palace households in Ottoman Tunisia

Kallander, Amy Aisen, 1978-

Women, gender, and the palace households in Ottoman Tunisia [electronic resource] / by Amy Aisen Kallander. - 1st ed. - Austin, Tex. : University of Texas Press, 2013. - 1 online resource (287 p.)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

9780292753921 0292753926


Courts and courtiers--History.--Tunisia
Women--Social conditions--History.--Tunisia


Tunisia--Politics and government.
Tunisia--History--1516-1881.
Tunisia--Kings and rulers--History.


Electronic books.

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