Ottoman Women During World War I : Everyday Experiences, Politics, and Conflict

"During war time, the everyday experiences of ordinary people - and especially women - are frequently obscured by elite military and social analysis. In this pioneering study, Elif Mahir Metinsoy focuses on the lives of ordinary Muslim women living in the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. It reveals not only their wartime problems, but also those of everyday life on the Ottoman home front. It questions the existing literature's excessive focus on the Ottoman middle-class, using new archive sources such as women's petitions to extend the scope of Ottoman-Turkish women's history. Free from academic jargon, and supported by original illustrations and maps, it will appeal to researchers of gender history, Middle Eastern and social history. By showing women's resistance to war mobilization, wartime work life and the everyday struggles which shaped state politics, Mahir Metinsoy allows readers to draw intriguing comparisons between the past and the current events of today's Middle East." -- Publisher's description 01.0_pp_i_ii_Ottoman_Women_during_World_War_I 02.0_pp_iii_iii_Ottoman_Women_during_World_War_I 03.0_pp_iv_iv_Copyright_page 04.0_pp_v_vi_Contents 05.0_pp_vii_vii_Illustrations 06.0_pp_viii_viii_Maps 07.0_pp_ix_ix_Tables 08.0_pp_x_xi_Acknowledgments 09.0_pp_xii_xii_Chronology 10.0_pp_xiii_xiv_Glossary 11.0_pp_xv_xvii_Abbreviations_and_Archive_References 12.0_pp_xviii_xviii_Additional_material #25,0,-413.0_pp_1_10_Introduction 14.0_pp_11_38_The_Home_Front 14.1_pp_13_29_Women_in_Europe_and_the_United_States 14.2_pp_30_38_The_Ottoman_Home_Front 15.0_pp_39_114_Womens_Negotiation_of_Wartime_Social_Policies 15.1_pp_41_62_Hunger_and_Shortages 15.2_pp_63_84_Monetary_Assistance_for_Soldiers_Families 15.3_pp_85_96_The_Housing_Problem 15.4_pp_97_114_Motherhood 16.0_pp_115_158_Women_and_Working_Life 16.1_pp_117_134_Wartime_Work_Opportunities_and_Restrictions 16.2_pp_135_158_Working_Womens_Problems 17.0_pp_159_198_Womens_Resistance_to_War_Mobilization 17.1_pp_161_174_Forced_Labor_and_Overtaxation 17.2_pp_175_184_Discontent_with_Conscription 17.3_pp_185_194_State_Control_of_Morality_and_Marriage 17.4_pp_195_198_Conclusion 18.0_pp_199_234_Notes Part I. The Home Front -- Women In Europe And The United States -- The Ottoman Home Front -- Part Ii. Women's Negotiation Of Wartime Social Policies -- Hunger And Shortages -- Monetary Assistance For Soldiers' Families -- The Housing Problem -- Motherhood -- Part Iii. Women And Working Life -- Wartime Work Opportunities And Restrictions -- Working Women's Problems -- Part Iv. Women's Resistance To War Mobilization -- Forced Labor And Overtaxation -- Discontent With Conscription -- State Control Of Morality And Marriage. Elif Mahir Metinsoy, Galatasaray University. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 235-260) And Index. Using the newest sources, this book reveals the experience of Ottoman Muslim women during World War I