LADY MONTAGU AND THE REPRESENTATION OF THE ORIENTAL WOMEN
LEYDİ MONTAGU VE DOĞULU KADININ RESMEDİLİŞİ

Author : Merve Senem ARKAN
Number of pages : 463-469

Abstract

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu visited the Ottoman Empire between 1716 and 1718 as the wife of the British ambassador. During her journey she wrote letters about her observations in Constantinople. She portrayed the harem, hamam and the Oriental women, besides their life styles, fashion, music, religion, amusement and many other aspects of the Oriental world. Montagu’s Oriental women were portrayed as independent in

Keywords

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Orientalism, Harem, Oriental Women, Eastern Culture

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