Umfang:
XV, 260 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
ISBN:
9781503613386
Inhalt:
Introduction : the adab of urbanity -- Imperial visions of sovereignty -- Collecting, self-fashioning & community -- Disturbing the city -- Cultivating and disciplining friendship letters -- Family archives and female spaces of intimacy -- Conclusion : the erotics of urbanity.
Inhalt:
"This book offers an exploration of Isfahan through the lens of seventeenth-century anthologies, referred to in Persian as majmu'a and muraqqa', literally a "gathering together" or "patch-work." Thousands of these visual and literary anthologies assembled everyday texts and objects, ranging from portraits, letters from friends, and poems depicting public spaces to marriage contracts and talismans. An urban medium of communication, the anthology was a new kind of book--and one, Babayan argues, that can be read as a collection of city life and an artifact of urbanization. The seventeenth century was a key period in Isfahan, as the city was becoming a cosmopolitan center of imperial rule and global trade. This transformative moment provides a unique context from which to investigate the crafting of urban, religious, and sexual selves and communities, and the anthologies a unique source to bring people's lives into view for a city with no extant state or city archives"--
Weitere Ausg.:
9781503627833
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Babayan, Kathryn, 1960 - The city as anthology Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2021 9781503627833
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Safawiden Dynastie : 1501-1722
;
Isfahan
;
Gesellschaft
;
Alltag
;
Geschichte 1600-1700
