Istanbul - Kushta - Constantinople : Narratives of Identity in the Ottoman Capital, 1830-1930 (Paperback)

Contents. List of Figures. Notes on Contributors. Introduction Christoph Herzog and Richard Wittmann. Part I: European and Ottoman Women in the Empire. 1. The Memories of German-speaking Women of Constantinople Gudrun Wedel. 2. Wanderlust, Follies, and Self-Inflicted Misfortunes: The Memoirs of Anna Forneris and her Thirty Years in Constantinople and the Levant Malte Fuhrmann. 3. The Imperial Harem Network in Istanbul, 1850s to 1922 Borte Sagaster. Part II: Outside Observers of Istanbul 4. Amalgamated Observations: Assessing American Impressions of Nineteenth-Century Constantinople and its Peoples Kent Schull. 5. Istanbul and the Formation of an Arab Teenager’s Identity. Recollections of a Cadet in the Ottoman Army in 1914 and 1916?17 Malek Sharif. 6. Hispanic Observers of Istanbul Pablo Martin Asuero. Part III: Jewish Communities 7. The Autobiographical Writings of the Constantinople Judezmo Journalist David Fresco as a Clue toward His Attitude to Language David M. Bunis 8. Istanbul’s Jewish Community through the Eyes of a European Jew. Ludwig A. Frankl in his Nach Jerusalem Yaron Ben-Naeh. Part IV: Armenian and Bulgarian Christian Communities 9. A Stroll through the Quarters of Constantinople: Sketches of the City as Seen through the Eyes of the Great Satirist Hagop Baronian Rachel Goshgarian. 10. From Short Stories to Social Topography: Misak Kocunyan’s Life Landscapes Aylin Kocunyan. 11."Bulgar Milleti Nedir?" Syncretic Forms of Belonging in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Istanbul. Darin Stephanov. 12. Twenty Years in the Ottoman Capital: The Memoirs of Doctor Hristo Tanev Stambolski of Kazanlik (1843-1932) from an Ottoman Point of View Johann Strauss. Index