Despite its importance, the family is often not placed in a historical context. Misconceptions and generalizations about past families are often used to define the present. In this podcast, we examine the basic issues and questions in the history of the family in Ottoman Syria. Topics include marriage, household size and structure, gender and the lives of women, law, politics and kinship.
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Chris Gratien is a PhD student at Georgetown University studying the history of the modern Middle East (see academia.edu)
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Doumani, Beshara. Family History in the Middle East: Household, Property, and Gender. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2003.
Meriwether, Margaret Lee. The kin who count : family and society in Ottoman Aleppo, 1770-1840. Austin, Tex.: University of Texas Press, 1999.
Duben, Alan, and Cem Behar. Istanbul Households: Marriage, Family, and Fertility, 1880-1940. Cambridge [England]: Cambridge University Press, 1991.
Doumani, Beshara. Rediscovering Palestine: Merchants and Peasants in Jabal Nablus, 1700-1900. Berkeley, Calif: University of California Press, 1995.
Tucker, Judith E. In the House of the Law: Gender and Islamic Law in Ottoman Syria and Palestine. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998.
Tucker, Judith E. Women, Family, and Gender in Islamic Law. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Schilcher, Linda Schatkowski. Families in Politics: Damascene Factions and Estates of the 18th and 19th Centuries. Wiesbaden: F. Steiner, 1985.
Agmon, Iris. Family & court: legal culture and modernity in late Ottoman Palestine. Syracuse, NY : Syracuse University Press, 2006.
Peirce, Leslie. Morality Tales: Law and Gender in the Ottoman Court of Aintab. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2003.
Reilly, James A. A Small Town in Syria: Ottoman Hama in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. Oxford: P. Lang, 2002.
Abdel Nour, Antoine. Introduction à l'histoire urbaine de la Syrie ottomane (XVIe-XVIIIe siècle). Beyrouth: Université libanaise, 1982.
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Chris Gratien is a PhD student at Georgetown University studying the history of the modern Middle East (see academia.edu)
Citation: "Muslim Families and Households in Ottoman Syria," Chris Gratien, Ottoman History Podcast, No. 47 (March 1, 2012) http://www.ottomanhistorypodcast.com/2012/03/muslim-families-and-households-in.html
Select Bibliography
Doumani, Beshara. Family History in the Middle East: Household, Property, and Gender. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2003.Meriwether, Margaret Lee. The kin who count : family and society in Ottoman Aleppo, 1770-1840. Austin, Tex.: University of Texas Press, 1999.
Duben, Alan, and Cem Behar. Istanbul Households: Marriage, Family, and Fertility, 1880-1940. Cambridge [England]: Cambridge University Press, 1991.
Doumani, Beshara. Rediscovering Palestine: Merchants and Peasants in Jabal Nablus, 1700-1900. Berkeley, Calif: University of California Press, 1995.
Tucker, Judith E. In the House of the Law: Gender and Islamic Law in Ottoman Syria and Palestine. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998.
Tucker, Judith E. Women, Family, and Gender in Islamic Law. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Schilcher, Linda Schatkowski. Families in Politics: Damascene Factions and Estates of the 18th and 19th Centuries. Wiesbaden: F. Steiner, 1985.
Agmon, Iris. Family & court: legal culture and modernity in late Ottoman Palestine. Syracuse, NY : Syracuse University Press, 2006.
Peirce, Leslie. Morality Tales: Law and Gender in the Ottoman Court of Aintab. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2003.
Reilly, James A. A Small Town in Syria: Ottoman Hama in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. Oxford: P. Lang, 2002.
Abdel Nour, Antoine. Introduction à l'histoire urbaine de la Syrie ottomane (XVIe-XVIIIe siècle). Beyrouth: Université libanaise, 1982.
Could you please mention the name of the music tracks you have in each podcast too? What is the name of the track in this one? It is mesmerizing!!
ReplyDeleteHi Reza, you definitely have a good ear for music. The song in this podcast is Chaam (Damascus) by Lena Chamamyan from Syria. Most of her songs are based on poetry or folk songs from the Aleppo region. We've used them in other podcasts about Syria as well. You can find her music easily on youtube.
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