Çemberlitaş Hamamı in İstanbul the biographical memoir of a Turkish bath

Bathhouses (hamams) play a prominent role in Turkish culture, because of their architectural value and social function as places of hygiene, relaxation and interaction. Continuously shaped by social and historical change, the life story of Mimar Sinan’s Çemberlitaş Hamamı in Istanbul provides an imp...

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1. Verfasser: Macaraig, Nina (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press 2019
Schriftenreihe:Edinburgh studies on the Ottoman Empire
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Zusammenfassung:Bathhouses (hamams) play a prominent role in Turkish culture, because of their architectural value and social function as places of hygiene, relaxation and interaction. Continuously shaped by social and historical change, the life story of Mimar Sinan’s Çemberlitaş Hamamı in Istanbul provides an important example: established in 1583/4, it was modernized during the Turkish Republic (since 1923) and is now a tourist attraction. As a social space shared by tourists and Turks, it is a critical site through which to investigate how global tourism affects local traditions and how places provide a nucleus of cultural belonging in a globalized world.
Beschreibung:xvi, 366 Seiten
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ISBN:9781474434102
978-1-4744-3410-2