Prisons in the late Ottoman Empire microcosms of modernity
The Western world stereotypically associates Ottoman or 'Turkish' prisons with images of torture, narcotics and brutal sexual behaviour. Now, Kent F. Schull argues that these prisons were actually a site of immense reform and contestation during the 19th century. It was within these prison...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press
2014.
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| Colección: | Edinburgh Studies on the Ottoman Empire : ESOE
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009422290806719 |
| Sumario: | The Western world stereotypically associates Ottoman or 'Turkish' prisons with images of torture, narcotics and brutal sexual behaviour. Now, Kent F. Schull argues that these prisons were actually a site of immense reform and contestation during the 19th century. It was within these prisons' walls that many of the pressing questions of Ottoman modernity were worked out; questions of administrative centralisation, Islamic criminal law and punishment, gender and childhood, prisoner rehabilitation, bureaucracy, identity and social engineering. By juxtaposing them with the reality of prison life, Schull investigates how state-mandated reforms affected the lives of local prison officials and inmates. He shows how these individuals actively conformed to, contested and manipulated new penal policies and practices for their own benefit. |
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| Notas: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015). |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 226 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-216) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781474400886 9780748677696 |
