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Neo-Ottoman Imaginaries in Contemporary TurkeyThe New Ottoman Henna Nights and Women in the Palace of Nostalgia

Neo-Ottoman Imaginaries in Contemporary Turkey: The New Ottoman Henna Nights and Women in the... [This chapter is based on the field research, which aims to examine the neo-Ottoman henna nights as a process of reinventing traditions and constructing authenticity and the gender roles they imply through a theoretical perspective based on Svetlana Boym’s conceptualizations of nostalgia. The fieldwork, which was conducted in Ankara, particularly in Hamamarkası, and Istanbul comprises observations in henna nights and in-depth, semi-structured interviews with women who had this experience as brides and owners of organisation companies. Additionally, online sources such as social media accounts and web sites of henna houses and organisation companies are used as secondary data. The chapter discusses the interconnections between cultural heritage, nostalgia, uses of history to understand how women perceive and experience this tradition and relate it to their sense of womanhood. Secondly, it addresses the new customs as products of the wedding industry in a neoliberal economic and political context.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Neo-Ottoman Imaginaries in Contemporary TurkeyThe New Ottoman Henna Nights and Women in the Palace of Nostalgia

Part of the Modernity, Memory and Identity in South-East Europe Book Series
Editors: Raudvere, Catharina; Onur, Petek
Onur, Petek
Neo-Ottoman Imaginaries in Contemporary Turkey — Dec 14, 2022
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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
ISBN
978-3-031-08022-7
Pages
209 –236
DOI
10.1007/978-3-031-08023-4_8
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Abstract

[This chapter is based on the field research, which aims to examine the neo-Ottoman henna nights as a process of reinventing traditions and constructing authenticity and the gender roles they imply through a theoretical perspective based on Svetlana Boym’s conceptualizations of nostalgia. The fieldwork, which was conducted in Ankara, particularly in Hamamarkası, and Istanbul comprises observations in henna nights and in-depth, semi-structured interviews with women who had this experience as brides and owners of organisation companies. Additionally, online sources such as social media accounts and web sites of henna houses and organisation companies are used as secondary data. The chapter discusses the interconnections between cultural heritage, nostalgia, uses of history to understand how women perceive and experience this tradition and relate it to their sense of womanhood. Secondly, it addresses the new customs as products of the wedding industry in a neoliberal economic and political context.]

Published: Dec 14, 2022

Keywords: Authenticity; Cultural heritage; Gender; Neo-Ottomanism; Nostalgia

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