author | Insight Turkey https://www.insightturkey.com/ author EN authorControversies over the realities of life in the harem have long been in need of a treatment that challenges the stereotypically narrow perception of the concept and provides the opportunity to see the harem’s multi-layered structure from a critical perspective. This collection of readings on the harem as a cultural and social institution provides such an approach. As stated by the editor, the emphasis of the book is “on the concept/institution/image of the harem as shaped and represented within the societies of the Middle East and North Africa, while . . . [contributing writers] also attend to its representational and political uses by visitors to and observers of these societies.” https://www.insightturkey.com/author/zuleyha-colak/harem-histories-envisioning-places-and-living-spaceshttps://www.insightturkey.com/author/zuleyha-colak/harem-histories-envisioning-places-and-living-spacesSun, 01 Jul 2012 13:49:00 GMT