^{#smrgKİTABEVİ} The Construction of Female Citizenship Through Etiquette Books: Turkey, 1930 - 1943 - 11

This book is an investigation into how the etiquette books of the early Republican period attempted to shape society in terms of class and gender issues. The analysis of the books, which are important tools to “civilize” society in both the public and private domains, is important because of their effects on the different dimensions of the period's discourse around citizenship. Through etiquette codes, the ideal citizen who would constitute the new privileged class of the Republic was to be constructed in accordance with the discourse of Westernization, but conspicuously adapted to local circumstances.

Accordingly, not only the citizen's dress and deportment, but also the citizen's body and sexual life were to be completely renewed. On the other hand, while the books were defining the “acceptable” citizen, women were taken as an important measure of compliance. Thus, as the symbols of the new and modern life, women's appearance, manners, and all feminine pursuits became signifiers of the social status of modern Turkish men. Consequently, this book reveals that the class and gender dimensions of etiquette books are not independent of each other, but intersect and support one another.

İçindekiler

Chapter 1 - INTRODUCTION

Chapter 2 - HEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
2.1. Foucault
2.2. Elias
2.3. Bourdieu

Chapter 3 - WESTERN, OTTOMAN, AND REPUBLICAN NOTIONS OF ETIQUETTE
3.1. Historical Development of European Etiquette Literature
3.2. Etiquette from the Ottoman Era to the Republic
3.3. Etiquette Books and Authors, 1930-1943
3.4. Overview of Republican Etiquette, 1930-1943

Chapter 4 - GENDER AND CITIZENSHIP
4.1. Gender and Citizenship in Turkey
4.1.1. The Ottoman Period
4.1.2. The Republican Period

Chapter 5 - CLASS AND GENDER ISSUES IN TURKISH REPUBLICAN ETIQUETTE BOOKS
5.1. Physical Appearance
5.1.1. Rules for Dressing
5.1.2. Personal Grooming / "Toilette"
5.2. Etiquette in Public
5.2.1. Rules for the Street
5.3. Etiquette and Society Life
5.3.1. Rules for Entertainment, Balls and Dances
5.3.2. Etiquette for Visits, "At Home" Days, and Tea Parties
5.3.3. Dinner Parties
5.3.4. Table Manners
5.3.5. Rules for the Decoration of the House
5.4. Etiquette and Personal Issues
5.4.1. Sexuality and Marriage
5.4.2. Rules for Relationships between Men and Women
5.4.3. Etiquette and Family Life
5.5. The Ideal of Feminine Conduct in Family Life
5.5.1. Woman as Mother
5.5.2. Woman as a Wife
5.5.3. Woman as a Housewife
5.5.4. Household Management: Domestic Economy, Domestic Household
5.6. Women and Work
5.7. Girls and Education

Chapter 6 - CONCLUSION

BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX