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Harem Histories is an interdisciplinary collection of essays exploring the harem as it was imagined, represented, and experienced in Middle Eastern and North African societies, and by visitors to those societies. One theme that threads through the collection is the intimate interrelatedness of West and East evident in encounters within and around the harem, whether in the elite socializing of precolonial Tunis or the popular historical novels published in Istanbul and Cairo from the late nineteenth century onward. Several of the contributors focus on European culture as a repository of harem representations, but most of them tackle indigenous representations of home spaces and their significance for how the bodies of men and women, and girls and boys, were distributed in social space, from early Islamic Mecca to early-twentieth-century Cairo.Contributors. Asma Afsaruddin, Orit Bashkin, Marilyn Booth, Nadia Maria El Cheikh, Julia Clancy-Smith, Joan DelPlato, Jateen Lad, Nancy Micklewright, Yaseen Noorani, Leslie Peirce, Irvin Cemil Schick, A. Holly Schissler, Heghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh
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oneEarly Women Exemplars and the Construction of Gendered Space(RE-)EfINING fEmININE moRa ExcEENcEAsma AfsaruddIn
twoNormative Notions of Public and Private in Early Islamic CultureYaseen NooranI
threeThe Harem as Gendered Space and the Spatial Reproduction of GenderİrvIn CemIl SchIck
I I RO O M S A N D T H R E S H O L D S Harems as Spaces, Socialities, and Law
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fourCaliphal Harems, Household Harems BaGHa IN THE foûRTH cENTûRY of THE ISamIc ERaNadIa MarIa El CheIkh
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sIxPanoptic BodiesBacK EûNûcHS aS GûaRIaNS of THE ToKaı HaREmJateen Lad
sevenWhere Elites MeetHaREm VISITS, SEa BaTHING, aN SocIaBIITIES IN REcooNIa TûNISIa, c 1800–1881JulIa Clancy-SmIth
eIghtThe Harem as BiographyomESTIc aRcHITEcTûRE, GENER, aN NoSTaGIa IN moERN SYRIa eghnar ZeItlIan Watenpaugh
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nIneHarem/House/SetomESTIc INTERIoRS IN HoToGRaHY fRom THE aTE oTTomaN woR Nancy MIcklewrIght
tenDress and UndresscoTHING aN ERoTIcISm IN NINETEENTH-cENTûRY VISûa RERESENTaTIoNS of THE HaREmJoan DelPlato
elevenHarems, Women, and Political Tyranny in the Works of Jurji ZaydanOrIt BashkIn
twelveThe Harem as the Seat of Middle-class Industry and MoralityTHE fIcTIoN of aHmET mIHaT EfENIA. olly ShIssler
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ïn 1909, DeMetrà àkà rOWn (1877–1946), à 8 reek ethniç subeçt OF the ÔttOMàn ÉMpire, publishedaremlIk: Some Pages from the LIfe of TurkIsh Women riting in Énglish FOr à priMàrily Orth AMeriçàn àudiençe, she dreW çleverly On her insider/Out-sider pOsitiOn tO present the hàreM tO reàders WhO prOb-àbly Felt thàt they àlreàdy kneW Whàt the WOrd Meànt, even iF they hàd little ideà OF its sOçiàl reàlities FOr WOMen OF the eMpire Or OF hOW “the liFe OF urkish WOMen” Might hàve çhànged Over tiMe àkà rOWnWhO hàd lived, WOrked, ànd Màrried in the United Śtàtesreturned tO her nàtive COnstàntinOple, nOW ïstànbul, tO visit urkish usliM Friends ànd tO sketçh the interiOrs OF their lives FOr the çiti-zens OF her neW çOuntry Śhe stàrted With the interiOr OF, às she put it, the “Ôld Śerài dàrk ànd MysteriOus às the çriMes çOMMitted Within its Wàlls” Śhe çOuld çOunt On àn àudiençe: tO use the WOrdharemin à bOOk title Wàs tO lure reàders With àn iMàge OFten àssuMed by estern ÉurOpeàn Or AMeriçàn Observers tO be çhàràçteristiç OF àn entire sO-çiety Or à vàst stretçh OF territOry in the Éàst àt àkà rOWn Wàs in sOMe sense à “nàtive inFOrMànt”sOMeOne WhO sOçiàlly às Well às physiçàlly çrOssed ànd blurred the
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inner/Outer divide thàt the WOrdharemseeMed tO signàlenhànçed her àuthOrity FOr reàders, às she Mànipulàted her representàtiOn OF privàte spàçes FOr publiç pOlitiçàl, internàtiOnàl, ànd dOMestiç àiMs ïF àkà rOWn eXplOited the dràWing pOWer OF the hàreM às àn iMàge OF eXOtiçisM ànd Mystery FOr her Orth AMeriçàn Friends ànd reàders, she àlsO sOught tO çOMpliçàte thàt iMàge FOr her reàders, çOntràsting it With the “hàtred ànd sçOrn” she hàd heàrd AMeriçàns eXpress tOWàrd urkey, às they àssured her thàt urkish “WOMen [Were] Miseràble çreàtures” e “hàreMs” she visits in her bOOk àre OFten MOnOgàMOus hOusehOlds; iF they àre pOlygynOus, they àre pOrtràyed às hàrMOniOus çOMMunities OF WOMen, WhO Mày speàk àWless rençh, enOy the OutdOOrs, hàve à çOsMOpOlitàn àesthetiç sense, ànd çOnFOund the visitOr With blunt, sMàrt questiOns àbOut ÉurO-AMeriçàn àssuMptiOns OF Whàt “FreedOM” ànd “àMbitiOn” invOlve ey Oer, in Other WOrds, àn iMàge OF the hàreM às à dOMestiç sçene thàt WOuld be çOngeniàl ànd FàMiliàriF quite pOssibly disàppOinting in its làçk OF eXOtiçisMtO upperçlàss FeMàle Orth AMeriçàn reàders Or this àudi-ençe, the hàreMs in her bOOk àlsO Oer à hàven OF hOspitàlity ànd gràçe: un-hurried Meàls, îne teXtiles, gOOd çOMpàny, pleàsing gàrdens, ànd the tiMe ànd sense tO enOy theM “ï hàd lived sO lOng in à çivilized çOuntry,” Mused àkà rOWn With çànny irOny, “thàt ï hàd FOrgOtten hOW Muçh MOre çivi-lized, in sOMe respeçts, unçivilized urkey is” er genteel çOnstruçtiOn OF à FeW upperçlàss urkish hOusehOlds Wàs àlsO pOintedly deçOnstruçtive OF estern Ôrientàlist presuppOsitiOns àbOut the hàreMànd, by eXten-siOn, àbOut Whàt thàt institutiOn Wàs thOught by esterners tO prOve àbOut urkish sOçiety, ànd usliM-MàOrity sOçieties in generàl Équàlly disOrienting FOr àn AnglOphOne reàder Might hàve been the çOM-Ment OF ànOther tràveler ànd Writer, Zeyneb ànOuM (à pen nàMe), àFter à visit tO ritàin’s PàrliàMent Addressing à Friend in her 1913 bOOk,A TurkIsh Woman’s European ïmpressIons, Zeyneb ànOuM eXçlàiMed: “ut, My deàr, Why hàve yOu never tOld Me thàt the Làdies’ àllery is à hàreM? A hàreM With its làttiçed WindOWs! e hàreM OF the OvernMent! OW inçOn-sistent àre yOu Énglish! Ou send yOur WOMen Out unprOteçted àll Over the WOrld, ànd here in the WOrkshOp Where yOur làWs àre Màde, yOu çOver theM With à syMbOl OF prOteçtiOn” Zeyneb ànOuM ànd àkà rOWn Were çOnsçiOusly Writing àgàinst à persistent estern, ànd pàrtiçulàrly Màsçu-line, erOtiçizàtiOn OF the hàreM thàt stOOd in FOr à sWeeping udgMent OF the sOçieties it Wàs thOught tO Order As einà LeWis vividly puts it: “Or Men, the hàreM WOMàn tràpped in à çruel pOlygàMOus seXuàl prisOn Wàs à titil-
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làting but pitiFul eMbleM OF the àberrànt seXuàlity ànd despOtiç pOWer thàt çhàràçterized àll thàt Wàs WrOng With the nOn-Christiàn Ôrient” e bur-den OF representàtiOn thàt àkà rOWn ànd Zeyneb ànOuM Were trying tO shOulder, even às they eXplOited the çOMMerçiàl pOtentiàl OF the hàreM, led ànOther ÔttOMàn subeçt, WhO belOnged tO à slightly làter generàtiOn ànd WhO beçàMe à prOMinent Oçiàl in the eàrly urkish republiç, tO çàll FOr ettisOning the terM entirely Asked hOW Énglish WOMen çOuld help urkish WOMen, àlide Édib Adivàr (1884–1964) sàid: “Ask theM tO delete FOr ever thàt MisunderstOOd WOrd ‘hàreM,’ ànd speàk OF us in Our urkish ‘hOMes’ ” ese “çOunter-tràvel” bOOks, WhOse àuthOrship is sOMetiMes in dOubt, sOught, sOMetiMes àMbiguOusly, tO undO àççuMulàtiOns OF ÉurO/AMeri-çàn iMàgery thàt unàMbiguOusly plàçed “Éàstern” WOMen in àn envisiOned hàreM OF estern Màking et, the àppeàl OF thOse iMàgined hàreMs Oered by estern tràvelers reMàined strOng ÉurOpeàn WOMen tràveling tO ïstàn-bul Or CàirO sOMetiMes eXpressed disàppOintMent thàt the dOMestiç reàlity they Witnessed did nOt Fulîll eXpeçtàtiOns ràised by the àrMçhàir hàreMs OF AnglOphOne Or rànçOphOne tràvel literàture ànd the visuàl iMàgery OF eighteenth- ànd nineteenth-çentury ÉurOpeàn Ôrientàlist àrt Éven tOdày, these teXts ànd iMàges çOntinue tO shàpe pOpulàr vieWs OF the hàreM, pàr-tiçulàrly in sOçieties thàt prOduçed this àrt ànd literàture but àlsO, in sOMe çàses, àMOng iddle Éàsterners ŚçhOlàrs WOrldWide hàve been busy dis-seçting Ôrient-sçàpes ànd eXpliçàting theM às pOlitiçàlly lOàded ànd rOMàn-tiçàlly inFused prOduçts OF ÉurOpeàn ànd AMeriçàn Minds, pens, ànd àMbi-tiOns Over tiMe et, in the est, iMàges ànd àttitudes thàt the disçOurses ànd iMàges OF ÔrientàlisM shàped çOntinue tO sàturàte àssuMptiOns àbOut iddle Éàstern, Aràb, usliM, ànd Éàstern WOMen, ànd tO underlie udg-Ments àbOut their sOçieties AFter àll, in “estern” às Well às “Éàstern” sOçi-eties, representàtiOns OF WOMen’s bOdies ànd the spàçes they shOuld, Might, Or dO inhàbit hàve çàrried heàvy syMbOliç burdens, OFten stànding in FOr pàrtiçulàr pOlitiçàl àgendàs, representing perçeived sOçiàl prObleMs, evOk-ing ustiîçàtiOns FOr Wàr, Or beàring the Weight OF “MOràl” çàMpàigns As We shàll see, the iMàgined, represented, ànd eXperiençed spàçe OF the hàreM in its Wide rànge OF Meànings ànd MàniFestàtiOnshàs been One OF these sites OF syMbOliç representàtiOn àvàilàble FOr vàriOus uses arem IstorIesOers à series OF histOriçàlly speçiîç ànd Wide-rànging eXàMples OF institutiOns ànd iMàges thàt the terMharemhàs ençOMpàssed àçrOss geOgràphiçàl spàçes ànd Over çenturies Ôur eMphàsis is On the çOn-
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