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"'Unveiling' The Tramway": The Intimate Public Sphere in Late Ottoman and Early Republican Istanbul
- Author(s):
- James Ryan (see profile)
- Date:
- 2016
- Group(s):
- Islamicate Studies, Ottoman and Turkish Studies, Urban Studies
- Subject(s):
- Turkey, Public sphere, Transportation
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- Gender history, Ottoman Empire, Public sphere theory, Urban history
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/7xtq-cm61
- Abstract:
- With the introduction of the horse-drawn tramway in 1871, the citizens of Istanbul were forced to reckon with a new type of public space—the crowded confines of the tramcar. This article focuses on the removal of a curtain that separated men and women on public transit in 1923, analyzing the discourses that shaped the decision and the way in which gendered discourses around public transit were altered at the outset of the Turkish Republic by the curtain’s removal. Building on the work of Lauren Berlant and Alev Çınar, I suggest that the tramcar constituted an intimate public sphere and site of negotiation in which citizens came to both confront and negotiate modern problems ranging from morality to fashion in a way that was functionally different from other public spaces.
- Metadata:
- xml
- Published as:
- Journal article Show details
- Pub. DOI:
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0096144216641070
- Publisher:
- Sage
- Pub. Date:
- April 11, 2016
- Journal:
- Journal of Urban History
- Volume:
- 44
- Issue:
- 5
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 2 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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"'Unveiling' The Tramway": The Intimate Public Sphere in Late Ottoman and Early Republican Istanbul