Revisiting Homosociality and Homosocial Spaces in Pre-Modern Ottoman Society
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14713664 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Burkay Pasin (0000-0002-9372-5291, Yaşar University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Publication date | 2022-12-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Etnoantropološki problemi / Issues in Ethnology and Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0353-1589 • E-ISSN: 2334-8801 |
| Publisher | University of Belgrade - Faculty of Philosophy - Department of Ethnology and Anthropology (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.21301/eap.v17i4.2 |
| OpenAlex | W4366449956 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
This paper examines diverse conceptions of homosociality in pre-modern and modern societies, and discusses how these conceptions are politically, socially, culturally and spatially constructed and transformed throughout history, particularly during the modernization processes of the mid-19thcentury. Concentrating on two significant homosocial spaces, men’s coffeehouse and women’s section of the Ottoman-Turkish baths, it aims to demonstrate how homosociality is spatialized through the dissolution of the public/private dichotomy, as well as constructions of functionality in pre-modern Ottoman society. The paper follows a historical interpretative research methodology. Based on data derived from the second-hand sources available in the literature, the privatized public, complex, homoerotic and multi-functional characteristics of these homosocial spaces and their extensions towards and reflections on the Ottoman urban neighborhoods are critically analyzed and interpreted. The dissolution of the public/private dichotomy in these spaces also exemplifies the Foucaultian concept of heterotopia. The paper concludes that these traditional spaces and their modern versions demonstrate the constructedness of both gender categories and patriarchal structures
Aesthetics · Heterotopia (medicine · Modernization theory · Political science · Public space · Public sphere · Sociology · Turkish · Gender Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Law · Philosophy · Urbanization and City Planning · Walter Benjamin Studies Compilation
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |