Women, Consumption, and the Circulation of Ideas in South-Eastern Europe, 17th - 19th Centuries

Women, Fashion, Consumption, Luxury, And Education Are The Main Subjects Of Our Researchers. The Contributors Of This Volume Accompanied Women And Objects In Their Travels Across Modern Europe And Offered Thorough And Diverse Analyses Connecting The Circulation Of People With The Circulation Of Ideas. Making Use Of The Archive Materials, Visual Sources And Museum Collections, The Authors Pointed Out The Richness Of The Region And The Role Of Women In Promoting New Ideas Of Modernity. The Information Contained Here Will Help The Public To Better Know And Understand The Part Of Women's Sociability In Building New Nations And Constructing New Identities Along South-eastern Europe And Beyond. Preliminary Material -- Introduction / Constanța Vintilă-ghițulescu -- Translating Imperial Practices, Knowledge, And Taste Across The Mediterranean: Giulio Ferrario And Ignatius Mouradgea D’ohsson / Giulia Calvi -- French Residents And Ottoman Women In 18th-century Levant: Personal Relations, Social Control, And Cultural Interchange / David Celetti -- Women’s Fashion In Dalmatia At The End Of The 18th Century / Katarina Nina Simončič -- A Dialogue Of Sources: Greek Bourgeois Women And Material Culture In The Long 18th Century / Artemis Yagou -- “curls And Forelocks”: Romanian Women’s Emancipation In Consumption And Fashion, 1780–1850 / Constanța Vintilă-ghițulescu -- European Fashion, Consumption Patterns, And Intercommunal Relations In The 19th-century Ottoman Istanbul / Anastasia Falierou -- Women In Merchant Families, Women In Trade In Mid-19th Century Romanian Countries / Nicoleta Roman -- Women Travellers As Consumers: Adoption Of Modern Ideas And Practices In 19th-century Southeast Europe / Evguenia Davidova -- Index. Edited By Constanta Vintila-ghitulescu. Includes Bibliographical References At The End Of Each Chapters And Index. English