{"product_id":"9781350454842","title":"Fashion in Late Ottoman Istanbul Photography and Identity in a Global City","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDress Cultures\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eFashion in Late Ottoman Istanbul\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003ePhotography and Identity in a Global City\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eNancy Micklewright | Reina Lewis | Elizabeth Wilson | Elizabeth Wilson\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDesign \/ Fashion \u0026amp; Accessories\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis dynamic exploration of two key modes of visual culture - fashion and photography - in 19th-century Istanbul contributes to an expanding body of research on fashion and the dressed body outside the Euro-American context. Based on meticulous analysis of visual, written and  material objects, it focuses on women's lived experience during a time of dramatic change in the Ottoman Empire.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver the 19th century, the women of Istanbul gradually transformed their appearance, adopting European dress and new modes of self-fashioning, including photographs. The book reconstructs a complex fashion history, and the dramatic changes that took place in women's lives in this period, and given the diverse population of Istanbul in terms of ethnicity, class, race and religion, attends to the differing clothing habits of the women of the city. The book focuses particularly on elite women as fashion tastemakers and on the dress of enslaved and working women.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Appealing to scholars across a range of fields, including fashion history, Ottoman studies, women's and gender history, visual culture and photography history, \u003ci\u003eFashion in Late Ottoman Istanbul\u003c\/i\u003e provides a fascinating insight into women's histories, writing and dress practices in a rapidly changing Istanbul.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNancy Micklewright\u003c\/b\u003e writes primarily about the history of photography and fashion history in the Ottoman Empire with a focus on gender. She was most recently a Fulbright Senior Research Fellow in Istanbul, working on a new project, \u003ci\u003eDressing the Republic: Women and Fashion in 1920s Türkiye\u003c\/i\u003e. Previously she has received research fellowships from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art, the Pasold Research Fund and the American Research Institute in Turkey.  She is the former Head of Public and Scholarly Engagement for the Freer and Sackler Galleries, the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art., US.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11 June 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Visual Arts\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350454842\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e224\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e22.56\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53973901607052,"sku":"9781350454842","price":31.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_6a9c16dc-a1a0-40c5-b6b8-52d2edd698c8.jpg?v=1787713928","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350454842","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}