
Introduction: Resounding Silent Voices / Selçuk Aksin Somel, Christoph K. Neumann, And Amy Singer -- Unraveling Layers Of Gendered Silencing: Converted Armenian Survivors Of The 1915 Catastrophe / Ayse Gül Altinay And Yektan Türkyilmaz -- Interfaith Unions And Non-muslim Wives In The Early Twentieth-century Alexandria Islamic Courts / Hanan Kholoussy -- The Silence Of The Pregnant Bride: Non-marital Sex In Middle Eastern Societies / Liat Kozma -- Silent Voices Within The Elites: The Social Biography Of A Modern Shaykh / Yoav Alon -- A Nationalist Discourse Of Heroism And Treason: The Construction Of An Official Image Of Çerkes Ethem (1886-1948) In Turkish Historiography, And Recent Challenges / Bülent Bilmez -- On The Margins Of National Historiography: The Greek Ittihatçi Emmanouil Emmanouilidis: Opportunist Or Ottoman Patriot? / Vangelis Kechriotis -- The Ottoman Empire's Absent Nineteenth Century: Autonomous Subjects / Christine Philliou -- Looking Behind Hajji Baba Of Ispahan: The Case Of Mirza Abul Hasan Khan / Ilchi Shirazi Naghmeh Sohrabi -- Between The Balkan Wars (1912-13) And The Third Balkan War Of The 1990s: The Memory Of The Balkans In Arabic Writings / Eyal Ginio -- The Courts Of The Palestinian-arab Revolt, 1936-1939 / Mustafa Kabha -- Multiplicity Or Polarity: A Discursive Analysis Of Post-1908 Violence In An Ottoman Region / Meltem Toksöz. Edited By Amy Singer, Christoph K. Neumann And Selçuk Aksin Somel. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [234]-249) And Index.
This collection investigates how marginalized and silenced voices from the 19th and 20th-century Middle East can be recovered and integrated into broader historical narratives. The editors, Amy Singer, Christoph K. Neumann, and Selçuk Aksin Somel, curate a series of scholarly essays that challenge traditional, state-centered historiography. By utilizing diverse archival materials and social biographies, the contributors argue that official records often obscure the lived experiences of women, religious minorities, and political dissidents. The volume provides a methodological framework for reading against the grain of established national and imperial archives.
What You Will Find
Experts identify this volume as a significant contribution to the field of Ottoman and Middle Eastern social history. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose and the rigorous archival research presented by the contributors.
Page Count:
0
Publication Date:
2011-01-01
Publisher:
Routledge
ISBN-10:
0415570107
ISBN-13:
9780203845363
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