Clothes to Kill For
Uniforms and Politics in Ottoman Armies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13036780 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Dunn (Valdosta State University, corresponding author), John P Dunn |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 85-107 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of the Middle East and Africa (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2152-0844 • E-ISSN: 2152-0852 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/21520844.2011.576961 |
| OpenAlex | W1999696440 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Clothing and fashion, even down to colors or accessories, made it easy to visually judge status for subjects of the Ottoman Sultan. Green versus blue turban, hats, or high yellow boots were not simply a matter of personal taste but also a means of clearly stating religion, ethnicity, and class in the pre-nineteenth century Ottoman Empire. Sumptuary laws provided centuries of support for a system that made it possible to visually judge status. This tradition also made change difficult, especially when military reformists sought to graft European-style uniforms onto Muslim soldiery. Violence, some up to the level of regime change, was one result. This article examines resistance to martial fashion in the Ottoman and Egyptian militaries, and also, why nearly a century later, what was once revolutionary chic, morphed into symbols of a reactionary past
Ancient history · Art · Clothing · Literature · Ottoman empire · Political science · Politics · Reactionary · Resistance (ecology · Style (visual arts · Taste · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2024 (13) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |