Image and Imperialism in the Ottoman

Palmira Brummett provides a new vision, through the prism of 100 cartoons, of the confrontation between tradition and modernity, "Orient" and "Occident", and rhetoric and reality. Taking a unique period in modern Middle Eastern history, the Ottoman Constitutional Revolution of 1908, Brummett examines the Istanbul satirical press and artfully weaves the narrative and images of political, economic, and cultural transformation to create a new vision of the Middle East at the end of the empire.

This pioneering work of cultural history is drawn against the backgrounds of Ottoman-European relations and press history. It shows how Ottoman cartoonists merged the literary and artistic cultures of East and West through comparisons to the press production and art of Europe, India, Latin America, and the Middle East.

Palmira Brummett is Associate Professor of History, University of Tennessee.

List of Illustrations

ix

Acknowledgments

xiii

Dating

xv

On Translating Cartoons

xvii

A Note on Transliteration

xix

Introduction

1

(24)

Historical Background

1

(9)

Method

10

(15)

Publishing, Format, Images, and Readers

25

(26)

The Voice and Image of the Public, and Its Targets

51

(22)

Revolutionary Exemplars: France and Iran

73

(40)

The Comic Sovereign: The Satirical Critique of Authority

113

(36)

The Comic Aggressor: The Critique of European Political and Economic Hegemony

149

(40)

The Comic Culture: The Critique of Society, Culture, and European Influence

189

(32)

Fashion Satire and the Honor of the Nation

221

(38)

Dogs, Crime, Women, Cholera, and Other Menaces in the Streets

259

(30)

Technology, Transport, and the ``Modern'' Street

289

(28)

Conclusion: Revolutionary Options, Satiric Imagery, and the Historiographic Frame

317

(24)

Appendices

Appendix 1. List of Gazettes

333

(2)

Appendix 2. Price and Post

335

(4)

Appendix 3. Location of Publishers

339

(2)

Notes

341

(98)

Bibliography

439

(22)

Index

461

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Image and Imperialism in the Ottoman Revolutionary Press, 1908-1911

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